The Legendary Man

A smile was playing on Jonathan’s lips as though he was chatting with an old friend, and he looked relaxed and casual.

The more he acted that way, the more the villagers regarded him as a monster.

The cultivator who Jonathan had pinned to the ground earlier was consumed by fear.

From the moment he was born, he was an elite presence in that world.

His position might be a lowly guard in Yannopolis, but upon leaving the city limits, the hundred-and-eight villages treated him like a God.

All those years, he continuously wandered from one village to the next.

Regardless of where he was, he had absolute dignity. He could kill any villagers who treated him with even the slightest disrespect, let alone disobeyed him.

He never thought he would end up in such a pitiful state.

Fear engulfed him at Jonathan’s cheery expression.

His body quaked, and he lost control over his bladder and bowel movements as he looked up at Jonathan with reverence.

“I’m sorry, sir… I’ll tell you anything you want to know. I’m only asking you to please spare my life—”

Crack!

Before he could finish his plea, Jonathan had stomped on his knee with a smile.

“I already said that you’re to answer me only when I asked a question. Have I started asking?”

down at

itself. Regardless if the technique used was gentle or

moment would Jonathan believe the cultivator’s

filled with despair, yet he didn’t

Jonathan demanded,

with trembling lips, “I’m not worthy of a last name, so I only have a first name.

your job at Yannopolis?” Jonathan

guard in charge of collecting goods from the

the lowest rank has this level of

“How many soldiers are there

Village

“I don’t know.”

expected that answer

hand plunged into the slab

how is it possible that you don’t know how many soldiers are in Yannopolis? I’ll cut off

soldier immediately shook his

know! Yannopolis is split into Outer City and Inner City. The Outer City is divided into the northern and southern regions. I come from a village in the northern region along the border, Leeven Village. Ten years ago, I was taken from

turned to look at Greyson, who knelt not far

person telling the

name and immediately

that, Mr. Goldstein. We’re just a village at the border. No villagers had ever entered the city before, but there was one thing he said that was true. From time to time, Yannopolis will dispatch an envoy to each village

regions by the river. The Yannopolis envoy will recruit cultivators from both regions, then exchange them via a portal formation in the Outer City. Once achieving a breakthrough to God Realm, they’ll be assigned

of Yannopolis’ organizational structure formed in Jonathan’s mind at their

kind of oppression will foster vengeance in every new envoy. It’s an endless loop. The authority in Yannopolis doesn’t even need to make a decree. The envoys from the northern and southern regions can form an oppressive environment among the hundred and eight villages, preventing the villagers from having thoughts of rebellion. Meanwhile, cutting off all connections between the Outer City and Inner City can conceal the Inner City’s true abilities. That

at Seboxia with a grave