Another Han Cai was now standing while his purple soul and body lay motionless on the ground.
Lan Yulan frowned and questioned, "How did you...?" She glanced at Han Cai's lifeless body and the pitiful soul beside it.
Han Cai shook his head and replied, "You can sever your soul and send it to another realm. I can't sever mine, especially with your Dao treasure with me, I am not saying I did it but I could do that solve the problem couldn't I?"
At first, Lan Yulan truly believed that Han Cai had severed his soul, but then she began to have doubts.
She probed, "So, you let your second soul get tainted? Nevertheless, I hope you understand that this is how the world works. Not just this world but any world you will visit, the rules are always those of the jungle. Strong survive weak suffer. You might think I betrayed you but I just had to do what I had to do for my survival."
Han Cai nodded and responded, "You lied. You were never virtuous or naive. You did not travel to different realms to provide equality to everyone but visited each world because you wanted your dao to spread. The more it proliferated in the lower realms, the stronger you would be in the higher realms."
Lan Yulan admitted, "It is true. But I also aided the people of the realms. Their lives are better now because of me."
Han Cai shook his head, "You can't know that for sure. You did this for selfish reasons. You're just another pretentious frog pretending to be a monkey."
Lan Yulan frowned. What kind of messed up world Han Cai was from where a frog would want to be a monkey why not a swan? She retorted, "You shouldn't be disrespectful to a sovereign. A tiny ant like you would never get the chance to meet a sovereign like me."
Han Cai laughed, "Nevertheless, I managed to steal a kiss from a sovereign."
Suddenly his laughter ceased, and he looked at Lan Yulan warily, "Your real body is female, right? Not that I have anything against men kissing other men, I just don't want my first kiss to be stolen by a man."
Lan Yulan frowned, "You are repugnant. Be glad that I didn't rip your soul to pieces for the ghastly way you behaved with me."
Han Cai roared with laughter, "The problem with cultivators, no matter where or who they are, even you, a sovereign, is that you underestimate a scoundrel like me."
Lan Yulan frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Han Cai responded, "Do you know, I've been contemplating what should be the Dao I should cultivate after I ascend to the Immortal realm."
Lan Yulan shook her head, "I don't believe you can sever your soul. But even if you could, both souls would be bound. You cannot leave this realm."
Han Cai gave an amusing smile and said, "With the right amount of exchange points, I can acquire whatever I want."
Then he paused and asked, "Why did I perceive it as a system while you saw it as a ball?"
Lan Yulan replied, "A dao treasure appears as you wish to see it, but its function was established by me. As the treasure awakened, you might have received many powers in exchange."
Han Cai nodded, this explanation clarifies why the system granted him different features at every level. So it was the treasure awakening itself.
Han Cai replied, "Nevertheless, your treasure has been a great help to me."
Lan Yulan frowned but remained silent.
Han Cai smirked at Lan Yulan, "I could have improved my cultivation and reached the Transcended Realm in one go since you were paying for the debt, but I didn't want to depend on the system this time in case you render it void in the future. What did you mean when you said I couldn't leave the lower realm?"
Lan Yulan did not reply to him but frowned and asked, "How did you..?"
She was curious about how he hid his cultivation level so well, she still didn't know what it was.
Han Cai replied, "As I said, your treasure is simply amazing. With the right amount of exchange points me and treasure call them trade points, it can work miracles. Alas, I didn't save enough trade points."
He continued, "I have two questions. You were very patient with me. What changed, that you had to poison me and seize it away in the Mystic Realm. And second we had a contract. How did you null it? "
She frowned and said, "Because I believed that during war you would get injured or use the treasure. But you didn't, you were very patient. I couldn't risk letting it stay in your hands. For your second question, the contract was made by the treasure, and I can obviously bypass it. The treasure has been with me for millions of years; it's like another part of me. Now you tell me, how did you manage to escape my wine? There is no antidote for it in this world."
Han Cai smirked, "Do you remember where we first met after the banquet?"
Lan Yulan nodded and answered, "Yes, in your array..." Suddenly a realization dawned on her, and her eyes widened.
Han Cai nodded and said, "I figured since you were too full of yourself, you might have ways to nullify the effects of the contract made by the treasure. But you forgot I am good with arrays. Wait, I never mentioned that to you. Just so you know, I am very good with arrays."
Han Cai paused and continued, "You see, even though you are a sovereign. Here in the lower realm, you are just an Earth Immortal. I don't know if you kept your cultivation at Earth Immortal for some reason, but you shouldn't have."
Han Cai turned around and looked at the large flower valley, then looked towards the distant mountains and mused, "I wonder what Grand Dao I should cultivate. I tell you, this Grand Dao of Illusion looks good to me, if such a Grand Dao exists."
Saying that, he snapped his fingers and the scenery changed. They were now in a barren land, nothing to be seen as far as the eye could see.
Han Cai turned and looked at her, then looked at his soul and body lying down. They both disappeared.
He looked at Lan Yulan and said, "It is not your fault, but the weapon is all about equality. You think the weapon would bring someone who did not have an equal chance to survive you or the attackers sent by your buddy? I come from a world where there is no cultivation, but humans have an imagination that has no end."
Lan Yulan asked, "When did you figure it out?"
Han Cai replied, "There was a TV show in my previous life, the world I came from. In that show, the main character was working in an advertising agency. One day, a woman asked him about his thoughts on love."
Lan Yulan frowned, "....."
Han Cai continued, "The guy replied to the woman, 'What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.'"
Lan Yulan's frown deepened.
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