A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 571 Back home

The eldest brother asked in surprise, "Bufan, are you sure you want to go back 3,100 years?"

Chao Bufan nodded and said, "Okay, send me to this era first, for a week. After a week, I will travel back. Then, send me to the Primordial Ancient Era. I need to learn real superior martial arts within fifty days."

"Then why not go directly to the Primordial Era?" Lan Fenghuang said. "There were immortals back then, and their magical power was boundless. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the Primordial Era?"

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan smiled and said, "To be honest, I traveled from 3,100 years ago to this time. I was poisoned by someone back then, and on my deathbed, my father used something to send my soul to the future, which is this time. So, before heading to the Ancient Era, I want to go back and visit my family. Don't worry, I will be back in a week."

The eldest brother exclaimed in surprise, "Unbelievable! So what Chief Murong and the others said was true?"

Chao Bufan nodded and said, "When I was reborn, Falcon had just died, so I used Falcon's body to be reborn."

Old Master Lan exclaimed in surprise, "No wonder Mr. Chao is no ordinary person; he has traveled from another time."

Chao Bufan smiled and said, "Elder Lan, there's no time to lose, please send me to the era I've chosen!"

Old Lan nodded and said, "Okay."

Chao Bufan turned around and said to Baihe and the others, "Baihe, you should all come back with me! You are all my wives, and I should at least take you back to see my father."

Lily and the others nodded in unison without any objection.

“Brother,” Chao Bufan said, “you and Tudou don’t need to go. After I come back, we’ll go to the Ancient Era together.”

Tianyue flatly refused: "No, I have to go."

Chao Bufan gave a wry smile and said, "Brother, I'm just going home to visit my family. Nothing will happen. Besides, what's done is done, and no one can change it. You shouldn't go. Staying here might be of some help."

“But my job is to protect you!” Tianyue said.

“The past is set, the future is uncertain. Brother, you are now my past life. If you come with me, what will I do?” Chao Bufan said.

“What’s the big deal?” Tianyue said. “I can just change my appearance.”

“Alright,” Chao Bufan said, “Brother, can you just listen to me this once? Stay and see if you can help in any way. I’ll be back in a week.”

"Brother, just listen to Master! If you go, no one will play with me!"

"Play, play, all you ever think about is playing! I'll play you my foot!" Tianyue said to Tudou in an annoyed tone, then added impatiently, "Alright, alright, if you don't want to go, you don't have to. What's the big deal? Little brother, you have to be careful when I'm not around!"

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! I'll be careful."

At this moment, Elder Lan asked, "Mr. Chao, are you sure all of you are going back to the past together?"

"Is there a problem?" Chao Bufan asked in return.

Old Lan gave a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid that won't work! This time machine can only send two people back to the past at a time!"

Chao Bufan laughed and said, "It's alright, I just need you to take me there alone."

With that, Chao Bufan nodded to Baihe and the others, and then waved his hand to put Baihe and the others into his inner space.

Seeing Baihe and all the other women disappear without warning before their eyes, Elder Lan, Boss Lan, Lan Fenghuang, and the others were all greatly shocked.

"Oh!" Potato exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, where are the mistresses? Why have they all suddenly disappeared?"

Tian Yue said calmly, "They're all inside your master's body."

"Internal space?" Potato asked, puzzled. "Where is internal space?"

Old Lan realized what was happening and asked in surprise, "Mr. Chao, are you a cultivator?"

Chao Bufan nodded and smiled, saying, "Yes, I am a cultivator."

Elder Lan nodded repeatedly and said, "I only know that there are many ancient and mysterious cultivation families in HX, but I have never had the chance to meet them. I never expected that Mr. Chao would actually... My apologies for my disrespect!"

Chao Bufan smiled and said, "If Elder Lan is interested in these cultivation families, I'll tell you the details when I get back!"

"Okay, okay," Old Lan nodded.

"Alright, now send me to the era I've chosen!" Chao Bufan said impatiently.

"Mr. Chao, please!" Elder Lan gestured for Chao Bufan to enter the time machine.

Chao Bufan nodded, then pushed open the door of the time machine and went inside. After closing the door, Elder Lan went to the main unit controlling the time machine. He personally set the time to December 12th, 3100 years ago, and then pressed the start button. The time machine immediately began operating, with two circular magnetic rings of different sizes rotating in opposite directions, one slowly and then faster. Under the increasingly strong magnetic force, the center of the rings—the transparent, bell-shaped core that Chao Bufan had been working on—gradually lit up. When the light flashed, Chao Bufan disappeared, and the magnetic rings stopped rotating.

"Elder Lan, has my brother left?" Tian Yue asked as she watched Chao Bufan disappear into the bell-shaped enclosure.

Old Lan grunted in agreement and said, "He has already returned to the place he wanted to return to."

……

The room was dark, with the door and windows tightly shut, making it completely airtight and preventing any light from getting in.

In a dark corner, a gaunt old man leaned against a dilapidated wooden chair.

On the desk in front of the old man lay a newly finished oil painting, next to which sat an inkstone and a brush. The painting depicted a young man in his early twenties, handsome with a high nose, but with empty eyes.

It's not that the boy's eyes in the oil painting are actually empty, but rather that they weren't painted on him at all.

The old man's calm and peaceful gaze remained fixed on the boy's face in the oil painting, as if it had never left.

Suddenly, three people stood quietly a meter away from the desk. They stood straight with serious expressions, like guards on duty.

The one on the left is tall, but so thin he's practically skin and bones, giving the impression that he'd crumble at the slightest touch or be blown away by the wind. Though emaciated, he possesses superhuman strength, capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart with his bare hands and splitting a boulder in two with a single palm.