10 minutes earlier
Ye Fan's POV
"Hey, master, help me pick a powerful technique," Ye Fan said to his ring as he browsed through some techniques.
"Little Fan, I can sense a familiar aura coming from the 7th floor of this library. It might be a powerful technique from hundreds or even thousands of Great Eras ago from the Heavenly Mythical Upper Realm. Let's go there and check it out," the voice advised Ye Fan. He was the only one who could hear this voice, the voice of his master, Luo Tan. (Not that kind of master).
As Ye Fan made his way to the 7th floor, he saw a boy with long silver hair already there. The boy was holding a technique in his hands and reading it.
Ye Fan didn't pay much attention to the technique the boy was holding at first, as it looked very old and shabby.
However, suddenly, Luo Tan spoke to Ye Fan, "Little Fan, the book that boy is holding is the one I was talking about. It is the Heavenly Mythical Saber Technique of a very powerful mythical cultivator who was known as the Saber God. If you can get this technique, it's the same as becoming the Saber God's disciple."
"Then, master, this technique should only belong to me. It would be nice if this boy gave it to me peacefully, otherwise we might have to use force," Ye Fan said confidently.
"You're right. If this boy doesn't hand over the technique peacefully, we'll really have to obtain it by force. Though he appears to be from the upper world, and offending him might not be wise.
But given that we're in the lower world right now and your lover, Qian Meili, will protect you.
She would also persuade her uncle to shield you, ensuring your safety. I don't think, after some time, this boy or his faction will be able to pose any threat to you," Luo Tan advised Ye Fan.
As Ye Fan approached the boy and patted his shoulder, he said, "Hey, boy, can you give this technique to me?" His smile was polite, but his tone made it clear he was ordering rather than asking.
But as soon as he touched the boy's shoulder, the space around the boy ripped apart. A handsome man with long black hair and red eyes appeared.
In just a second, he launched an energy attack at Ye Fan, sending him flying through the library, breaking walls, and plummeting into the water below.
Although Ye Fan didn't die (unfortunately), thanks to Luo Tan's soul power saving him, he had all his bones broken by the attack.
Meanwhile, at the library's ground floor, many young people were waiting with Tang Liu, each holding a technique book they had chosen.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion from the 7th floor, what they saw was a boy falling into the water surrounding the library.
It was Ye Fan, and he was badly hurt, with all his bones broken and bleeding a lot.
"Brother Ye Fan!" Qian Meili screamed as she jumped into the water to save Ye Fan.
"Hey, what the heck are you guys doing? Help me get Brother Ye Fan out of this water," Qian Meili yelled at the younger generation from the upper realm, asking for help. But everyone ignored her, as no one wanted to rescue Ye Fan and risk offending Jiang Fang.
Seeing no one coming to help, Qian Meili got even angrier. That's when Tang Liu stepped in, floated them out of the water, and tried to check Ye Fan's condition. What he found shocked and then scared him.
He discovered traces of demonic energy in Ye Fan's body from the attack. Currently, the only person here from the demons is the Demon Prince, Asmodeus (Solarian), which means Ye Fan had picked a fight with the Demon Prince.
Because the demon race is known to be unreasonable and would do anything they want.
What scared Tang Liu even more is that the current Demon Emperor only has one son, who is also the son of the Dragon Empress.
So, he was spoiled rotten by his family and was known to be a tyrant, who would punish anyone in the most painful ways.
...
Soon, Solarian came out of the library with Volmoran following him from behind.
"D-D-Duke of Tyranny," Tang Liu thought, shuddering after seeing Volmoran. After all, Tang Liu knew who this man was - one of the 7 Dukes of the demon race.
The demon race has one emperor and 7 dukes, and all seven dukes are at the pinnacle of power in the upper world.
They are just below the Demon Emperor, Solarian's father, and some other more powerful beings.
In general, the 7 dukes of the demon race are very powerful. These guys could be compared to the faction heads of many top-grade factions.
Now, someone of that caliber was protecting a boy. Even though the Duke of Tyranny is using a clone of sage stage , it's still a big deal.
"I'm taking this one," Solarian said to Tang Liu, showing him the Heavenly Mythical Saber Art he had taken. He didn't offer any further explanation and simply left. Of course, deep down, he felt a strange kind of satisfaction seeing the protagonist in such a condition.
Volmoran also disappeared into space. He didn't feel sorry or anything for Ye Fan. In his view, those who dared to touch his young master without permission deserved to die. However, Volmoran was quite surprised to find that Ye Fan was still alive, but he couldn't understand how.
{Ding, 400 luck value was reduced from protagonist Ye Fan's luck.} Suddenly, a message from the system window appeared in front of Solarian, and seeing it, he just ignored it. After all, he wasn't doing this to decrease Ye Fan's luck value; he could just kill him and be done with it, but Ye Fan still had uses that Solarian could exploit.
Ye Fan was taken to the academy's infirmary to be healed.
Meanwhile, after a few minutes, Solarian reached his dormitory. Although no one told him where it was, he knew it since he had played "Journey of the World" countless times and knew everything about it.
"The Solar Lake, where was it again?" he said as he sat on his bed and took out the map of the Mythic Lower World from his storage ring.
In the game, the Solar Lake was an opportunity for the villain, Jiang Fang, but of course, how could Solarian let anyone else take something good?
His philosophy is simple, "What belongs to others also belongs to me, and things that belong to me, obviously belong to me."
You see, Solarian is not someone who discriminates; since he also loots opportunities from the protagonist, he would also loot opportunities from the villain. Everyone is equal; everyone will get looted.