Cultivation Online

Chapter 2495 Change of Plans

Kelan rubbed his eyes in frustration for a moment before speaking, ”Iʼm glad you spoke with Senior Bai, but that doesnʼt change the situation. Do you even realize how much trouble youʼre in right now?”

”I donʼt.” Yuan calmly shook his head.

”Then listen carefully! Almost everyone within the faction blames you for what happened to our karma, so nearly everyone who isnʼt on Celestial Overlord Xuʼs side is hunting you down right now!”

”Is that so?”

Despite being hunted by one of the most powerful factions in the Nine Heavens, Yuan showed neither surprise nor fear, appearing unnaturally nonchalant about the entire situation.

”I donʼt know if youʼre just pretending not to care or if youʼre genuinely that fearless, but your actions donʼt only affect you—they also affect Celestial Overlord Xu and everyone who supports her—”

”I am aware, and I will fix it as soon as possible.”

”And how are you going to do that?”

”...”

Yuan remained silent, causing Kelan to frown.

A moment later, realizing that Yuan had no intention of explaining himself, Kelan released a helpless sigh.

”I am eternally grateful to you for giving me the Great Mammoth Body Refinement Technique, so I sincerely hope youʼll be able to resolve this situation somehow. For now, Iʼll just continue to trust you and see how things turn out.”

Yuan nodded, ”Thanks.”

”Anyways, your friends are waiting for you at your old residence.”

”...”

”What?” Kelan asked when Yuan stared at him in silence.

”Youʼre not going to ask any questions about them?”

A grin suddenly appeared on Kelanʼs face as he replied, ”What kind of questions? Even if theyʼre your new lovers, it is none of my business. That being said, do Meixiu and the others know about them?”

Yuan shook his head and sighed, ”Theyʼre not my lovers. I mean, arenʼt you going to question why I have demons following me around?”

”What did you just say?”

The grin on Kelanʼs face immediately disappeared when he heard the word ʼdemonʼ.

Yuan raised an eyebrow and questioned in a somewhat awkward voice, ”You… didnʼt know? Did you not see their appearance?”

”I did! But they didnʼt look like demons to me! Arenʼt demons supposed to have red skin?!”

Kelan continued in disbelief, ”That groupʼs skin was as pale as a sheet of paper! Sure, I suspected they werenʼt human, but I never wouldʼve thought they were demons!”

”Not all demons have red skin,” Yuan explained. ”Anyways, they are demons, but donʼt worry—theyʼre friendly.”

”Demons? Friendly?” Kelan stared at him with a strange look on his face. ”Thatʼs quite the absurd thing to say, even coming from you.”

”It may sound absurd now, but soon, youʼll understand.”

”This isnʼt a matter of understanding…” Kelan said with a worried expression. ”Didnʼt you hear? The Divine Paragon—the founder of the Demon Sealing Clan and a lunatic who devoted his life to hunting demons—has returned after being missing for millions of years. If he discovers that youʼre working with demons, this definitely wonʼt end well for you…”

”Worst-case scenario, youʼll be branded as a traitor to humanity.”

Yuan burst out laughing, dumbfounding Kelan.

”The Divine Paragon wonʼt come after me,” he said in a confident voice. ”Once again, youʼll understand it soon enough.”

”We can continue chatting later. I need to speak with my friends now.”

Without another word, Yuan flew away, leaving Kelan behind with a dazed look on his face.

”That crazy bastard…” Kelan sighed in a low voice.

Meanwhile, inside the residence Yuan had stayed at during his previous visit, Lev and the others had been waiting ever since leaving the Demonic Realm, guided by the Demon Annihilation Sword, which was capable of receiving Yuanʼs instructions even from afar.

”Master.”

The Demon Annihilation Sword greeted Yuan at the door.

Once inside, Lev and the others greeted him.

”About time. If you had been any slower, I wouldʼve explored the world on my own,” Angela remarked.

Yuan looked at her and replied, ”Arenʼt you an immortal who has lived for hundreds of billions of years? Yet you canʼt sit still for a mere few days?”

”I canʼt help it! Iʼve just gotten my freedom back after so long, after all!”

”I understand her feelings,” Selena said, joining in on the conversation.

Yuan sighed and said, ”Since you want to leave so badly, I will keep this short and get straight to the point.”

”I want the three of you to fulfill your duty and eradicate every single Forsaken in this world. Until that task is complete, you are not allowed to wander around and fully enjoy this world.”

Yuan smiled faintly and added, ”So the faster you finish, the sooner youʼll be free to explore this world at your own pace.”

”Itʼs only a matter of cleaning up some trash. Weʼll be done in no time,” Helena said confidently.

”How long do you think itʼll take?” Yuan asked.

Selena answered, ”Over the past few days, Iʼve searched for the Forsakenʼs presence throughout this world and detected a total of around two hundred thousand, with seventy thousand, five hundred and twenty-one within this realm alone, most of them concentrated in the same region.”

She paused briefly before continuing, ”If we take this seriously, I estimate it will take roughly two weeks—three at most—to eradicate them completely.”

”That fast?” Yuan stared at her with a stunned expression.

Angela shrugged and said, ”Since this world is divided into nine separate realms and traveling between them takes time, most of that time will be spent on that alone. Otherwise, wiping them out would only take us a single day.”

”Quite frankly, I expected it would take at least a few years. However, if itʼll only take a month at most, Iʼll have to push my schedule up a bit, perhaps even change it entirely.”

After pondering for a moment, Yuan asked, ”Are you capable of controlling the Forsaken?”

”We are.”

They nodded.

A profound smile tugged at Yuanʼs lips upon hearing this, and he quickly said, ”Change of plans. Rather than killing all of them, I want you to round them up for me.”