Volume 1, Chapter 44: This Senior Doesn't Play By the Rules at All!-Reencarnei como vilã, só quero ficar de boa, mas minha família é poderosa demais(Espere por mim com uma tigela de mingau.)

As he spoke, the pupils of the Demon Lord and the Ancient Buddha nearby shrank slightly. They knew all too well the pride of Immortal Emperor Haotian; for him to lower his stance to this degree showed just how deeply he dreaded the old man before them.

"My young lady was somewhat offensive on the arena stage earlier, striking without restraint and disrupting the order of the Heaven-Chosen Tournament. I hope the Immortal Emperor will forgive her," Uncle Fu said indifferently, as if he were speaking of a trivial matter.

Yet, heard by Immortal Emperor Haotian and the others, these words were no less than the explosion of chaotic divine thunder.

Offensive? Disrupting the order?

You call a mere wave of the hand that caused a thousand prodigies' mental states to collapse and surrender of their own accord "striking without restraint"?

You call that incomprehensible dimensional strike, which transcended the Great Dao itself, "disrupting the order"?

This wasn't false modesty; this was stating a fact that filled them with despair!

A fine layer of cold sweat beaded on Immortal Emperor Haotian's forehead. He hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Senior exaggerates! Fairy Ye is peerless in grace, and the splendor of that sword strike was unprecedented through the ages! It was those so-called 'prodigies' who were blind and failed to recognize a divine being in person. To witness the Fairy's true 'Dao' is their honor, and our honor as well! How could there be any question of offense?"

The Demon Lord nearby quickly chimed in, "Indeed! The Fairy's sword strike returned to simplicity and embraced the Great Dao, leaving us utterly enlightened. It surpasses a million years of seclusion! This Heaven-Chosen Tournament was originally a stage prepared for a true prodigy like the Fairy. For her to claim the crown is only right and proper, and what everyone desired!"

The Ancient Buddha of the Western Paradise pressed his palms together, his expression solemn and majestic: "Namo Amitabha, the benefactor's words are entirely true. Upon beholding Fairy Ye, this poor monk has finally realized that the Great Dao is boundless, and what we cultivate is merely a drop in the ocean."

Listening to these normally lofty giants scramble to flatter Ye Qingxian like school children, Ji Ruxue's worldview was being shattered and rebuilt over and over again.

She finally understood a little why Uncle Fu had previously said that having her follow by his side was a "promotion" of her horizons.

This was far more than a promotion; it was lifting her horizons from a well in the mortal world straight to a height overlooking the entire Chaos Sea!

Ye Qingxian herself felt her delicate face flush slightly upon hearing this.

She desperately wanted to explain that she really had just casually waved her sword, that there was no "Great Dao in its simplicity," and that she had never intended to "enlighten" them.

But seeing the "I have attained enlightenment" expressions on these giants one by one, she wisely chose to keep her mouth shut.

She was afraid that if she spoke up, they would imagine even more bizarre things.

Having finished listening to everyone's flattery, Uncle Fu merely nodded noncommittally. With his turbid gaze fixed on Immortal Emperor Haotian, he asked once more, "So, why exactly did the Immortal Emperor summon me here?"

Immortal Emperor Haotian felt immense pressure.

This senior simply didn't play by the rules!

According to the normal procedure, shouldn't they exchange polite commercial flattery, and then establish some friendship with mutual pleasantries?

Why was Your Excellency so direct?

He took a deep breath, knowing the true test had arrived. Carefully organizing his phrasing, he tentatively asked, "Senior, we simply... simply admire the prestige of the 'Gu Family' and dared to invite Senior here for a chat, hoping to inquire... which Primordial Ancestral Realm is your esteemed household situated in?"

This was the question all the giants present wanted to know most.

They had searched through all their memories and leafed through countless orthodox ancient texts, yet they could find no records whatsoever regarding the "Gu Family."

There were only two possibilities.

First, this Gu Family was a newly risen power of recent times. But that was impossible; to nurture Ye Qingxian and this unfathomable old man before them without countless epochs of deep foundation and accumulation was simply unachievable.

Second, the level of this Gu Family was so high that they were not even qualified to know of its existence!

Everyone pricked up their ears, awaiting Uncle Fu's answer.

A hint of strangeness flashed across Uncle Fu's turbid eyes.

Primordial Ancestral Realm?

He thought of the small courtyard where the Young Master resided, and then said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Our manor is not in any ancestral realm."

"It's right in the mortal realm, in a very ordinary small mountain village."

The words fell.

The entire Dao platform fell into a dead silence.

Immortal Emperor Haotian, the Primordial Demon Lord, the Western Ancient Buddha... the expressions on the faces of all the giants froze.

In their minds, billions of stars seemed to explode simultaneously, churning up monstrous waves.

M... Mortal realm?

An ordinary small mountain village?

Following the brief, dead silence came a terror of unparalleled proportions originating from the depths of their souls!

Returning to simplicity!

This was definitely the legendary state of "returning to simplicity" that could only be attained by beings standing at the very pinnacle of the path of cultivation!

To conceal a supreme orthodoxy that spanned the heavens and suppressed all Daos within the humblest, most inconspicuous corner of the mortal world!

What kind of audacity was this! What kind of realm was this!

A great hermit hides in the bustling city—the ancients truly did not deceive me! No, this wasn't hiding in the city; this was concealing the very center of the universe within a single grain of sand!

"So that's how it is... So that's how it is..." Immortal Emperor Haotian murmured to himself. His body was trembling slightly, not out of fear, but from excitement and sudden enlightenment.

He understood! He completely understood!

No wonder they couldn't find it! Because their thinking had been wrong from the very beginning! They had always assumed that a powerful orthodoxy must reside in the Primordial Ancestral Realm with the densest spiritual energy and the most perfect laws.

Little did they know that to beings like the "Gu Family," the so-called Primordial Ancestral Realm was no different from the mortal world!

They themselves were the source of the "Dao"! Wherever they were, that was the center of the universe!

"Senior is truly righteous! Senior's realm is something we can only look up to with dust in our eyes! We have been instructed! Hearing Senior speak today is better than cultivating for tens of millions of years!" Immortal Emperor Haotian actually bowed deeply to Uncle Fu.

The other giants followed suit, standing up one after another and making a grand salute to Uncle Fu.

"We have been enlightened!"

Uncle Fu: "..."

Ye Qingxian: "..."

Ji Ruxue: "..."

Ji Ruxue had grown numb. She discovered that following by Uncle Fu's side, you didn't need to think at all, because no matter what Uncle Fu said, the other party would automatically supply ten thousand explanations that made you feel profound and unfathomable, convince themselves, and finally end up feeling deeply grateful to you.

Un... Uncle Fu, you are the true embodiment of "your words become the law"!

Watching this group of people inexplicably bowing deeply to him, Uncle Fu couldn't be bothered to correct them. He felt that talking to these people was exhausting.

"If there is nothing else, this old man will take his leave. It is time for my young master to partake in luncheon," Uncle Fu said indifferently.

Young master?

This term once again pierced like a needle into the nerves of all the giants.

What kind of peerless, eternal existence could the "Gu Family" young master be, to make an unfathomable old man willingly serve as a servant and address him as "Young Master," and to make an eternal prodigy like Ye Qingxian willingly stand by his side?

They didn't even dare to imagine it!

"Senior, please go slowly! Please go slowly!" Immortal Emperor Haotian said hastily, pulling a brilliantly glowing storage bracelet from his bosom and offering it with both hands. "Senior, inside are some small trinkets not worth mentioning—a few epoch divine medicines, a few chunks of chaotic immortal gold, and some rare treasures gathered from various realms. Consider it a meager expression of filial respect from us... a token of respect to that young master!"

Uncle Fu glanced at it.

Well, the items inside were of decent quality. Although they couldn't compare to the radishes and cabbages grown in his own backyard, taking them back as a novel snack for the young master, or as a teething stick for Little Black, wasn't a bad idea either.

Therefore, he nodded and naturally accepted them.

"You have put thought into this."