Beastmaster of the Ages

”You fool, what’re you saying? You’re my son-in-law. I’ll be too busy spoiling you!” Suishen Xiyue said.

”Hehe....” Tianming nodded with a smile. His mother-in-law’s direct personality made her the kind of person he enjoyed dealing with the most. And Suishen Jiguang was even closer to him, and went without question.

”Myriadpath Valley’s much more dangerous than you’d expect. You and your Auntie can’t afford to make any mistakes,” Suishen Xiyue said before she came to a decision. ”Tianming, from today onward, you shouldn’t leave our sight, apart from when you get intimate with Yaoyao. There’s quite a lot of people who’ll be out to get you, and I want to make sure they give up and despair before they get a chance.”

”What?” Was he going to be followed day in and out?

”I don’t have anything else to do, anyway. You are our greatest treasure. Protecting you is the same as protecting our future,” she said, patting him on the shoulder. ”From now on, we’re your bodyguards, one on each side. How’s that for protection?”

Tianming turned and looked at Suishen Jiguang. When she saw how distraught he seemed, she laughed and said, ”Don’t worry. We really don’t have anything else to do. We’re just going to keep you in our sights without affecting your cultivation or your life.”

Tianming had planned to do other things but had no choice but to relent, especially when they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. In actuality, given his current capabilities, nobody in Myriadpath Valley was capable of killing him.

Then again, obvious threats are easy to avoid, but hidden threats can still catch me off guard. Since my two seniors are so worried about me, I should hold myself back and not be too cheeky.

When he’d first joined Myriadpath Valley, he had been forced to seek out Lan Yun’s protection, only to become a target. It had been really difficult for him to find reliable backing. But now he had two reliable mountains that offered him unconditional support, constantly ensuring his safety. How could such a great boon even exist? He accepted it as it was. With the tensource beast dead, half of the biggest threat he faced in Myriadpath Valley was gone.

When it came to his goal of taking over Myriadpath Valley, however, he had only taken the first step. Suishen Jiguang and Suishen Xiyue’s capabilities were still insufficient to take Myriadpath Valley under his banner.

”At the end of the day, my own strength is key!” The credit for killing the tensource beast belonged solely to Suishen Jiguang. And with his talent alone, he wouldn’t be able to take over Myriadpath Valley. ”I have to focus on cultivation even more. The Blissful Union would be most helpful for that purpose. The problem with that is how can I go there while constantly being watched....”

That was the part that gave him a headache. He stole a glance at Suishen Jiguang and noticed that she had gained much more confidence than before after increasing her standing in House Suishen. The new outlook on life she gained after maturing even more as a woman also seemed to give her an even more reliable air.

”Then I should head to the myriadpath steles first. Let’s see if I’m able to stea—master the second folds of the Greatsun and Pentagram Suishen Arts.”

The Yin-Yang Immemorial Art that he had obtained from the Yin-Yang World was too difficult for him, and he wouldn’t have much of a use for it at the moment. Instead, he had two other decent high-maniverse-class battle techniques available to him. They were also the ones that Suishen Jiguang and the others used.

After a while, the crowd in Suishen Cave eventually dispersed. Tianming told the two older women what he was planning to do.

”Do you want to go right away?” Suishen Xiyue asked, surprised. They had just come back from a large battle and hadn’t rested or celebrated yet!

”I have no choice. Every day I don’t spend improving myself will just add to my anxiety,” Tianming bemoaned.

Suishen Xiyue burst out laughing. ”You’re just putting up a front... oh, you!”

”Go ahead. I don’t intend to celebrate in any way either,” Suishen Jiguang said.

The banquet would be organized by the old patriarch anyway, so she wasn’t too interested in participating. Myriadpath Valley also still wasn’t truly at peace, so she couldn’t bring herself to relax.

”Fine.” Suishen Xiyue nodded and went to talk to the minor-zenith couple, Suishen Cang and Suishen Ling, asking them to take care of Suishen Yao and the other juniors. Then she and Suishen Jiguang secretly led Tianming away toward the myriadpath steles without anyone noticing.

If I’d left alone, I’d be in quite a bit of trouble if I ran into a few major-zenith foundationeers. It’s pretty reassuring to have the two ladies around, Tianming thought. He wondered how many people there were who truly wanted him dead. He really needed all the time he could get!

The two women protected him, flanking him and watching after him like he was a baby, so nobody dared to approach. Along the way, he could hear many chatterers, most of which were gossiping about him, the valley lord, and the tensource beast. Apart from the Three Exalted Houses, he had shaken up Myriadpath Valley too much.

There are a thousand and eight hundred omnisentient threads now! It’s not a lot, but the future is promising.

As he thought that, he arrived before the Greatsun Suishen Stele. There weren’t many people there after the recent chaos—it was as good as empty. He approached the stele and prepared to obtain the second fold of the Greatsun Suishen Art.

”Perfect, I can also try for the third fold,” Suishen Xiyue said. It was a good bonding moment between mother- and son-in-law, framed by a scenic sun with Suishen Jiguang looking from the side. The fact that they needed a major-zenith foundationeer to be their protector showed how big of a mess had gone down in Myriadpath Valley. Under the blazing sunlight, their bodies brightly burned with flames as one golden bird after another entered and interacted with them.

”Sigh....” Suishen Jiguang slightly blacked out at the sight of the youth, seeming somewhat dazed. ”Sister Xiyue didn’t say it outright, but she must’ve figured it out. My personality is too easygoing and I don’t care about the position of valley lord at all. Tianming’s much more suited for it than me. The Three Exalted Houses and our ancestors....”

At the thought of that, she shut her eyes tight. ”I can’t do anything about it if you all hate me for what I’m about to do. I can’t even imagine what path Myriadpath Valley will take after our order has so greatly disintegrated. All I can do is to choose to trust him.”

She breathed in deep, basking in the sunlight. Even though the youth seemed young and fresh, he was already a sovereign emperor in her eyes.

”Second Brother didn’t return to Suishen Cave just now. He must’ve gone to meet with Yumo Lianqing....” Thinking of that conceited and bossy man, Suishen Jiguang knew that the day when he would fight this youth in front of her to the death would definitely come.

It was only a matter of time.