Chapter 13: The Fallen Whale and the Fleeing Cultivator

The sacred moon shone pure and bright, while the evil moon cast its alluring glow.

Pure moonlight streamed lavishly through a gaping hole in the roof.

Daelothys felt a chill. She was still naked, submerged in the bathwater.

A faint red ligature mark on her neck served as a stark reminder that everything that had just transpired was horrifyingly real.

Just moments ago, while she was bathing, an unkempt and disheveled man had crashed through the royal roof and assaulted her!

*Splat!* Daelothys slapped her forehead with a resounding thud.

The boundless frustration and fury she felt could no longer be contained.

“Tong Ya! Get back here, right now!”

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Ten minutes later, the royal capital was in complete lockdown.

Since its very foundation, the kingdom had never encountered such a situation: a colossal whale, plummeting from the sky, had utterly demolished the grand palace hall.

A single sword-cut ran straight from the whale’s mouth to its tail, its internal organs completely pulped.

No one knew whose divine hand had wrought this, nor could they fathom the intention behind a deity so directly dropping a whale carcass within the palace grounds.

King Gadreno of the Sollefer Kingdom had just finished a day of state affairs and was about to retire.

However, the thunderous impact of the colossal whale landing jolted him completely awake, banishing all thoughts of sleep.

In an instant, a wave of panic swept through the entire palace.

Meanwhile, the little princess continued to vent her fury at Tong Ya within her chambers.

The female knight, utterly bewildered, had no idea what she had done to provoke the young princess this time.

Elsewhere, Lu Yuan, having successfully slipped away from the royal bathhouse, finally managed to break through the royal guards after considerable effort.

He emerged onto the bustling streets once more.

Along the way, armoured guards with urgent expressions were everywhere, ceaselessly patrolling and weaving through the streets.

Lu Yuan wasn’t sure if they were searching for him, but he chose not to return home immediately.

Instead, he found a secluded, shadowed corner where he could meditate, regulating his breath and restoring his True Essence.

Time seemed to vanish during cultivation.

Lu Yuan had lost count of how many times he had meditated alone in such untrodden corners.

Now, in this utterly unknown world, as he huddled in a dead-end alley recovering his True Essence, he found himself involuntarily recalling past experiences.

Memories drifted like smoke.

It wasn’t until dawn approached that Lu Yuan’s True Essence recovered to about seventy or eighty percent.

However, the process of converting his internal immortal essence remained incomplete.

Lu Yuan wasn’t sure if this was normal, as his knowledge of Mahayana stage cultivators was limited to what he had read in books.

Still, he believed it best not to rashly use his True Qi in the short term.

Cultivation was not something to be taken lightly.

Concluding his cultivation, Lu Yuan oriented himself and began walking towards the direction of his home in his memory.

The royal capital was vast, home to millions of residents.

The commotion from last night had been heard by more than half the city.

As Lu Yuan walked the streets, he could overhear passersby chatting idly about the incident.

It wasn’t until the morning sun began its ascent that Lu Yuan finally returned to his own residence.

The moment he pushed open the door and stepped inside, Lu Yuan spotted the young loli, Merlin, perched on a chair at the living room table.

Her small hands propped up her cheeks, while her slender legs, too short to reach the floor, swung playfully beneath the chair.

Upon seeing Lu Yuan enter, her lips immediately pouted.

She promptly hopped off the chair, planted her tiny hands on her hips, and glared fiercely at him.

Yet, even with that fierce expression, her small face resembled little more than a kitten baring its tiny fangs.

“My dear uncle! Where did you run off to so early in the morning? Don’t you know you’re still a patient?”