Chapter 011: Robb Sells Himself

After some thought, Robb suddenly said, “Du Fan, how about this? As long as it doesn’t violate my principles, teach me that skill. For five years, I’ll do whatever you ask. You want me to go with you—I can tell you’re trying to get my help because of my godly cultivation level!”
Damn! Hearing Robb say that, Du Fan immediately felt extremely frustrated. This tiger wasn’t stupid at all!
Since Brother Tiger had spoken so frankly, Du Fan knew that hesitating any longer might only annoy him.
“Okay, Robb. Since you’ve spoken so readily, I’ll agree! Well, my current cultivation level is a bit low. Among my opponents, there’s a high chance there are godly experts. Yes, I initially wanted to use your godly cultivation level and ask for your help. Since you’ve said it so directly, I accept!” Du Fan replied abruptly.
“Robb, so you’re a godly expert! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Lilith asked in shock after hearing Robb’s words.
A godly expert was an existence on a completely different level! In legends, only the Pope of the Church could reach such a realm!
The Pope was, in Lilith’s eyes, an extremely lofty figure—a person she could hardly even imagine.
Du Fan, the lord of Siluo Province, was already considered an amazing person in Lilith’s eyes. Now, thinking of someone as high-ranking as the Pope, Lilith suddenly felt dizzy.
Above Du Fan were archbishops, and above those was the Pope. Of course, there were also figures like the chief judge, army commander, and warden who were even higher in rank than Du Fan.
“Lilith, I was afraid you’d refuse to be with me after knowing I’m a godly expert,” Robb said with a playful smile.
It seemed this Dark Tiger had quite the talent when it came to winning over girls! Seeing Robb like this, Du Fan sighed. No wonder Lilith had ended up in Robb’s bed in just a few days. Thinking of Robb’s true form—a giant tiger—Du Fan suddenly felt a chill in his heart! Beauty and the beast! Typical, Du Fan thought.

“Robb, I’ve noticed that the closer we get to the capital, the more assassination attempts there are against us. Since my soldiers have all been killed by the night elves, let’s stop pretending. Let’s fly straight to the capital!” Du Fan suddenly said to Robb.
“Haha, I’ve wanted to do that for ages!” Hearing Du Fan’s words, Robb agreed right away.
Deciding to act without caring about the trouble those corpses would cause the inn owner, Robb led Du Fan and the others straight toward the capital!
At Robb’s speed, it would only take about an hour to fly from there to the capital. Lilith, who had never flown before, was excited and started shouting loudly.
Given Robb’s skill level, the soldiers guarding the city would never notice a faint green light cutting through the sky above the capital before it landed at Duke Green’s mansion.
Just as Du Fan, Robb, and the others arrived at Duke Green’s mansion, deep within the palace, in a basement, a person with disheveled white hair and an unknown age suddenly woke up from a meditative state.
The person opened his eyes, and there was a sense of swirling nebulae within them. Those strange eyes opened briefly, as if pondering something, before closing again and remaining still.
At the same time, at the top of the magic tower in the Magic Guild’s laboratory, a very short magician suddenly stopped working and looked up at the sky. Only after confirming that the light had landed at Duke Green’s mansion did he casually wave his hand.
Soon, a figure less than a foot tall appeared at the magician’s feet.
“Gurgle, go to Duke Green’s mansion and see if anyone has arrived,” the short magician said to the tiny figure.
The figure grunted in response and quickly jumped out through the window, disappearing into the darkness.
Meanwhile, in some part of the Church, powerful hidden entities from various noble families noticed the anomaly in the sky and began sending people to gather information.
Clearly, Robb’s divine-level power had alarmed these powerful beings, who even hadn’t shown up in the struggle for power!
As soon as Du Fan and the others arrived at Duke Green’s mansion, loud shouts were heard.

“Who? How dare you break into Duke Green’s residence at night!” With this roar, hundreds of soldiers rushed in from all directions, surrounding the four of them.
“Haha, it’s Du Fan! Don’t you all recognize me?” Seeing the soldiers surrounding him, Du Fan laughed heartily and quickly revealed his identity.
“The third young master! It really is the third young master!” Many of these soldiers knew Du Fan, and upon seeing his sudden appearance, they exclaimed in surprise.
Du Fan was undoubtedly the pride of the Green family! At such a young age, he had been appointed as a hereditary duke—two dukes in one family, a thing that had never happened in the history of the Gavin Empire!
Dukes were high-ranking officials who ruled their own territories. If one family had two dukes, it meant that family would have two independent states within the empire, each with a powerful army!
Even the most foolish emperor would realize the significance of such a situation.
Only an emperor who was either extremely foolish or extremely powerful could do such a thing. An extremely foolish emperor would act recklessly out of ignorance, while an extremely powerful emperor would believe he could fully control the situation.
Clearly, Fisher was not a foolish emperor.
Amidst the soldiers’ excited shouts, Duke Green also came out, still in his clothes.
“Du Fan, my youngest son, is it really you who’ve returned?” Duke Green said in a deep voice as he looked at Du Fan.
“Father, it really is me, your son, Du Fan.” Seeing his father, Du Fan rushed over and grabbed his hand.
“Good, good son. You’ve finally returned. Come, come with me. Your mother misses you terribly,” Duke Green said excitedly.
Soon, Duke Green’s gaze fell on Naixiu. “This is from the elf race.”
Before Duke Green could finish speaking, Du Fan quickly interrupted him.
“Father, this is my fiancée, Naixiu. She’s from the elf race. The reason we came here is also to get married in front of you and mother,” Du Fan said to Duke Green with a smile.
Hearing this, Duke Green seemed to realize something as well and quickly said, “Good. Naixiu, come with Du Fan and meet his mother.”

After arranging for Rob and Lilith to settle down, Du Fan and Nai Xiu went to the Duke of Green’s residence to pay a visit to the Duchess of Green.
“Little Du Fan, I never expected that you’d have a fiancée today—none less than the queen of the elves! My son is truly capable!” The Duchess of Green grew more and more fond of Nai Xiu the more she looked at her.
The elves were already renowned for their beauty, and with Nai Xiu being the queen of the elves, the Duchess found everything about her pleasing.
This made Nai Xiu feel embarrassed; she lowered her head, her face red, and said, “Uncle, Auntie, hello.”
“Haha, haha!” The Duke and Duchess of Green laughed heartily at Nai Xiu’s greeting.
To be honest, Nai Xiu was much older than the Duke and Duchess of Green. Facing an elf over two hundred years old, the couple still felt a bit uneasy.
But there was nothing they could do! How could they say she was of a higher rank? After all, it was their son who was so remarkable!
It was extremely rare for an elf to marry a human—such a thing hardly ever happened even over hundreds of years, let alone a queen of the elves!
It was truly a blessing for the Green family to have married the queen of the elves!
An powerful being like the queen of the elves could live for tens of thousands of years, of course, assuming no accidents occurred.
Even if Du Fan were no longer on the continent in the future, thanks to their marital relationship, the queen of the elves would surely come to their aid if any crisis arose for the Green family.
Moreover, many future members of the Green family might well be descendants of this queen of the elves.
“Mother, have you started practicing Star Combat Qi too?” Du Fan suddenly asked his mother.
Du Fan could sense a weak but persistent presence of Star Combat Qi around the Duchess of Green.
“Little Du Fan, you really misunderstand your mother. But your natural gem is truly effective—it solved a problem that had troubled me for so long in just a few days,” the Duchess said with a smile.
“Du Fan, here’s the thing: Your elder brother gave me a natural gem and taught me how to absorb and integrate it. But as soon as I heard that this thing could rapidly improve one’s cultivation level, I had a bold idea,” the Duke said with a smile.

“Father, you want Mother to absorb the natural gem and then start practicing cultivation, right?” Du Fan said to his father with a smile.
“Hmm, you’re so smart; you guessed it right away,” Duke Green said, laughing loudly.
“My greatest wish in life has always been to grow old with your mother, staying together through life and death. I’ve always had one regret—my Star Combat Energy has reached the peak of level nine, but your mother doesn’t know anything about combat energy or magic. Watching her grow older day by day has been extremely painful for me. At her age, it’s already impossible for her to start learning martial arts or magic again. This has always been my regret!” Duke Green sighed.
“It wasn’t until a few days ago that the natural gem you sent me through your elder brother resolved this regret of mine. Seeing your brother rise from level seven to level nine in just a few days, I thought such a rare treasure might allow your mother to start practicing combat energy or magic again. So, I gave the gem to your mother and had her dissolve it into her mind. To my surprise, she was able to practice combat energy! And the speed is unbelievable—in just three days, her level increased by three, and she became a level-three female warrior! Du Fan, your natural gem is truly a rare treasure!” Duke Green exclaimed to the sky.
“But Father, if you gave the natural stone to Mother, what about you?” Hearing that his father had given his divine essence to Mother, Du Fan wondered what his father was thinking.
“I? Haha, good son. Not only will my lifespan increase greatly once I break through to the Saint rank, but I actually had the chance to reach level nine and enter the Saint rank long ago. It was only because of your mother that I held back from doing so,” Duke Green said.