The bickering between disciples and pets at the dining table, for now, is set aside.
Today's battle has given Chen Luo some new ideas:
"Although I previously dismissed the idea of them splitting up to reclaim different cities, my disciples' current strength is indeed sufficient to attack cities not guarded by Dragon Knights."
"According to the original world history, Lin Yue, after joining the resistance, also grew rapidly through her confrontations with Nine Dragons."
"Now that I've laid a solid foundation for them, it's time to officially confront Nine Dragons."
"The absorption of Great Origin Power should also be put on the agenda!"
He subconsciously took a bite of the dessert Lin Xin'er offered. While these girls were competing, Chen Luo just had to honestly open his mouth and wait to be fed.
After everyone had enjoyed their meal, Chen Luo looked at everyone around the table and said with a solemn expression:
"I know you all want to get revenge on Nine Dragons as soon as possible. Whether it's the blood feud between the Lin Qing sisters and Nine Dragons, or the accumulated hatred of the resistance army led by Fang Xue against Nine Dragons over the years, you all yearn for a cathartic revenge."
Hearing Chen Luo bring this up, the disciples couldn't help but perk up their ears.
Over the past month, their strength had been growing at an astonishing rate, which only intensified their desire for revenge.
Originally, they had planned to band together today and ask Chen Luo for permission to independently reclaim the cities controlled by Nine Dragons.
However, a friendly match with Su Xiao had completely shattered their pride.
Furthermore, the deathly mountain range outside the city made them acutely aware of the insignificance of their own power.
But hearing Chen Luo bring up this topic now, it seemed like there might be a slight shift in their situation?
Chen Luo looked at these protagonists destined by the Great Origin of this world. The eldest, Lin Qing, was barely twenty. In Chen Luo's original world, they would have been children still attending school.
But here, under the arrangement of fate, among those present, only Lin Yue had the chance to live to the end.
However, her confrontation with Long Jiu in the records of fate had abruptly stopped, making her ultimate success in overthrowing Nine Dragons' rule uncertain.
Chen Luo was extremely good to those he considered his companions, which was why he was so averse to the potential sacrifices of his disciples.
This was why he had Su Xiao step forward to curb their inflated confidence after their strength increased. In fact, Chen Luo had initially intended for them to continue leveling up slowly.
But looking at the flames flickering in the eyes of these girls, even without mind-reading, Chen Luo knew that the hatred for Nine Dragons was constantly tormenting them.
Under the expectant and anxious gazes of the girls, Chen Luo gently shook his head, then sighed deeply:
"Fine! I permit it!"
"Go forth and fight! Reclaim this world!"
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Moon Crescent City,
This is a city on the eastern side of the central continent, near the estuary. It was named for its crescent moon-like shape.
The entire city was forged from a special kind of metal.
Within the gray-white factories made of metal, people and beasts with blank expressions, wearing uniform clothing, completed their daily production tasks according to established procedures.
In a world powered by infinite energy, everything could have long been automated by machinery.
This inefficient human labor could have been completely eliminated.
But Su Huang, the lord of Moon Crescent City, understood that these people and beasts, cultivated by Nine Dragons, still needed a process of growth.
This meaningless mechanical labor, coupled with the nutrient-less cheap entertainment they indulged in after returning to their homes, would slowly mature these people and beasts.
And Su Huang, as a noble Soul Weaver, possessed the right to procreate and establish a lineage.
He even had the authority to recommend new Soul Weavers who awakened within his family to Nine Dragons for training.
The responsibility corresponding to this authority was to deliver people and beasts that met the culling conditions to Nine Dragons annually, according to the quotas assigned by Nine Dragons.
Simultaneously, he would receive newly modified people and beasts from Nine Dragons and continue to cultivate them within Moon Crescent City.
This was the meaning of the nobility's existence in the world of Nine Dragons.
Standing on the tallest platform in the noble district, Su Huang held a cup of crimson wine and gazed arrogantly at the people and beasts slowly emerging from the factories under the twilight glow.
Their faces, besides weariness, now held a hint of yearning.
For the numb people and beasts, everything enjoyed by the families in the noble district was colorful.
But the absolute disparity in power meant they could only stay in the cramped rooms allocated by the city, indulging in the relaxation brought by cheap entertainment.
Therefore, after a day of hard labor, the relaxation of returning home was the enjoyment they cared about and yearned for.
Days passed like this.
As for the acquaintances who disappeared periodically and the strangers who constantly appeared,
The people and beasts paid no mind; they simply lived.
Su Huang looked at the ant-like crowds between the distant buildings, an indescribable sense of superiority rising in his heart.
Su Huang genuinely felt that he and these people and beasts were entirely different species.
Therefore, there were two things that left Su Huang feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
One was why the people and beasts modified by Nine Dragons had similar appearances to noble Soul Weavers like himself?
Su Huang had once proposed to Nine Dragons the idea of transforming these people and beasts into non-human forms, but his suggestions had all fallen on deaf ears.
It was said that a human form was a necessity, and there were mysteries behind it that Su Huang could not access.
Su Huang could only continue to endure this.
But the second matter was what constantly bothered Su Huang.
It was his son, who had failed to be selected by Nine Dragons!
"This unfilial son! After failing to be selected by Nine Dragons and returning, he just wastes his days fooling around with those people and beasts!!"
"Those things are beasts! Isn't this unfilial son afraid of dirtying the bloodline of our Su family!!"
The thought of his unfilial son brought a hint of displeasure to Su Huang's heart, but as he looked at the busy, numb people and beasts, a thought stirred within him.
The expected harvest this year was several times higher than before. This way, he might be able to exchange for greater benefits from Nine Dragons.
Whether it was more powerful battle armor or items to aid awakenings, he could continue to strengthen his family's power.
This way, the Su family's status in Moon Crescent City would become even more stable!
Thinking of this, the joy of the harvest dispelled Su Huang's displeasure:
"Forget it. If he really had a mixed-blood offspring, that brat would handle it himself. In the end, they are just people and beasts, let him be happy."
The setting sun in the distance was about to set, its afterglow illuminating the tallest spire in Moon Crescent City.
At the very top of the spire, the head of the Su family, a man past middle age, raised his wine glass towards the distant sunset:
"Glory to Nine Dragons! To this beautiful world!"