In the garden of Ruvan's mansion, a group of people stood saying goodbye while a row of perfectly aligned soldiers watched the scene with solemn gazes.
"Big brother, please don't go" Tears streamed down Su Lingxi's face as she clung to Ruvan's neck.
"Don't worry Ling'er! Your big brother will return soon and bring you all kinds of gifts" Ruvan said with a smile while pinching her little nose.
"You promise?" Su Lingxi asked with a serious look after all she had experienced many betrayals together with her mother since they lost their home.
"Of course I promise" Ruvan said seriously as he gave her a kiss on her little cheek. Su Lingxi started to laugh as she felt Ruvan tickling her. Finally, after a while of pampering, Ruvan left her in her mother's arms.
"Goodbye Viridis" Su Lingxi said as she bid farewell to the little green snake that was simply poking its head out through Ruvan's coat. Viridis as a special spirit beast could shrink her body to a size much smaller than her original size.
Although only level four spirit beasts could do this, Viridis was an exception to the rule. This was something that Ruvan was always curious about but he never delved deeper into the matter.
"Sssss" Viridis stuck out her tongue adorably as if nodding at Su Lingxi's greeting.
"I'll be back as soon as I can" Ruvan said as he gave Su Meiyao a deep kiss on the lips, who also had her eyes completely red. It was evident that she had cried all night at Ruvan's departure.
"Please return to us alive."
"We don't care if you come back stronger or weaker than before just come back" Su Meiyao said with a serious look on her face. She was so attached to this new family she had formed that she wasn't completely prepared to lose it.
"Don't worry... Don't forget to start practicing your cultivation like I told you."
"Talk to a friend of mine and she will come to train you and Ling'er in their cultivation" Ruvan said with a smile as he gave the mother-daughter pair one last hug.
Both were mortals who had never practiced cultivation, Ruvan quickly got his hands on the matter giving them all kinds of purifying pills to prepare their bodies in the best possible way to start practicing their cultivation.
Along with her mother, Su Lingxi would also begin cultivating under the tutelage of a former mercenary friend that Ruvan had made during his time as a wandering mercenary.
As a cultivator he intended to live a long life and of course he hoped that both Su Meiyao and Su Lingxi would be with him. Su Meiyao initially had her doubts after all, she had never cultivated, but seeing all the effort Ruvan was putting in for them, she decided not to betray their expectations.
'I always regret that I was too old when I met Ruvan… If I become a cultivator, age will never be a problem again,' Su Meiyao thought to herself as she hugged her daughter. A determined look had formed on her mature but attractive face as she looked at Ruvan's back.
"Thank you for all your help Jonah."
"I hope to see you soon" Ruvan said as he bid farewell to the homeless-looking middle-aged cultivator.
"Goodbye boy… Fuck all the women you can in my name hahaha" The old man laughed while saying comments that caused the eyebrows of all the women present to wrinkle, including Su Lingxi's.
"Hahahaha! I entrust my family to you" Ruvan said with a serious look.
"Of course, after all you paid all my debts again… It's the least I can do" Jonah said with a carefree smile as he took a sip of his gourd of wine.
'My older brother is not a womanizing man,' Su Lingixi assured in her mind as she looked at the careless-looking old man with contempt.
"Xin… You take care of yourself too."
"Don't forget to train hard, remember that I'm counting on you" Ruvan said with a smile as he caressed the head of the effeminate boy in front of him.
Ruvan had also given cultivation techniques and resources to Xin for his development. He was his most trusted servant so he naturally had to reward him.
It had been several years since Ruvan had rescued the little eunuch in front of him from some slave traders he encountered on one of his missions, since then Xin had been his personal servant.
"Hmm"
"Don't worry, Master Ruvan," Xin said with a serious look on his pretty but effeminate face.
"Take care Ryu…"
"Try to learn a lot from your new Master…" Ruvan said with a smile as he shook the head of the little teenager in front of him.
"Yes, master Ruvan," the sinister-looking boy nodded his head; after all, he had a pending revenge which he needed to fulfill.
'I just hope that Ryu doesn't copy the perverted habits of Shadow Walker'Ruvan thought to himself as he remembered the perverted traits of the old assassin in charge of training Ryu.
'Oh who cares...'
Ruvan quickly erased the thoughts from his head and headed towards where the two little sisters were standing.
"You guys take care of yourselves too…"
"Remember that you don't need to worry about anything anymore after all you will both be safe here" Ruvan said with a smile as he caressed both girls' cheeks.
Mina and Sasha nodded their little heads like chicks. Both were quite defensive at first but after a while the smiles bloomed again on the faces of both girls as they embraced the new life that Ruvan offered them.
What seemed to be a curse ended up becoming a true blessing for both girls who had gone through a multitude of traumatic experiences. Su Meiyao, who had identified with both girls, took them under her arm, acting as a mother figure for the pair of teenagers.
"Mmm, take care, master Ruvan"
"Bring us something good if you can, Master Ruvan." Both girls gave different answers from each other, thus manifesting their opposite personalities.
"Mina…" Said Sasha with a exasperate expression on her beauty face.
Sasha was a quite serious and calm girl while Mina on the other hand was a hapy and joking girl, without a doubt both complement each other in a great way.
"Hahaha let's see… All depends on your cultivation results"
"Great hahaha"
After saying goodbye to everyone in the mansion, Ruvan go with the last but most important person for him in the mansion.
"Goodbye my little demon" Ruvan said with a smile as he said goodbye to the girl in front of him. She had been the first person he had trusted for the first time since his exile.
The place each had in the other's heart could not be compared.
"Be careful Ruvan" Lira said with an innocent smile before getting close to his ear to whisper something that no one else could hear.
"Go get yourself some pretty girls we can share."
"Glup" Ruvan gulped while nodding his head. Just imagining the scene had made his little brother start to show signs of getting up.
"Master, I'm ready…" After finishing his goodbyes, Ruvan finally approached Xiong Mei, who had been standing and observing everything in silence.
She simply nodded her head while holding onto the Winged Tiger's leash. The Winged Tiger was submissive at all times in front of Xiong Mei due to the latter's cultivation level.
"Go up" Xiong Mei said indifferently.
"Rrrrwww" The tiger roared when he saw that Ruvan wanted to ride him, it was evident that he refused to let himself be ridden by someone 'weak' like Ruvan.
Ruvan then emitted his murderous aura which caused the tiger to hesitate but finally lower its head in recognition of Ruvan.
Xiong Mei, for her part, raised her eyebrows in shock; after all it took many deaths to condense a murderous aura as thick as the one Ruvan had.
'This boy has undoubtedly had all kinds of experiences in this place'
'It's amazing that someone with a murderous aura as thick as him can be so kind to his loved ones,' Xiong Mei thought to herself before finally climbing onto the winged tiger.
"Let's go" Xiong Mei said as she gave her gentle kick to the side of the winged tiger. The Winged Tiger quickly proceeded to flap its beautiful white wings, in a few seconds both had risen to a great height as the mansion began to move away.
'Go and be the storm that you were here Ruvan'
'No one imagines what disaster awaits them,' Lira murmured with a smile as she returned to her training duties with the rest of the soldiers.