"Don't be like that! I can swear an oath of allegiance! And in all these years, I've never done anything to betray you!" Tao Ping said with a helpless expression.
"My temple is small, why are you always staring at me?"
"Because you're handsome!"
"..."
"Thank you!"
Ye Chen boarded the airship bound for Blue Star, cursing under his breath. Tao Ping followed him and the fat man, ostensibly to protect them.
After all, ordinary members of the Blue Star's inhabitants cannot go along, but these Awakened Ones can. With a sixth-tier expert protecting them, Ye Chen and the Fatty's safety is undoubtedly much higher.
"This is...?" Sun Xiuzhu was stunned when he saw Tao Ping following the two of them. He could feel the powerful aura emanating from the other party.
"Hello! Hello! I am Tao Ping, an Awakened One employed by Lord Ye Chen!" Tao Ping introduced himself familiarly, completely ignoring Ye Chen's dark expression.
"What do you mean by 'employed'? I haven't agreed to it yet!" Ye Chen said irritably, but Tao Ping had already started making oaths on his own.
"I swear that I will be loyal to Lord Ye Chen to the death, and I will never do anything to betray the territory or the lord, otherwise I will be forever trapped in darkness and never be reincarnated!"
Ye Chen, Fatty, and Sun Xiuzhu were speechless.
Brother? Do you have to be so honest? The lord hasn't even agreed, and you've already sworn an oath? Aren't you afraid of being sold out?
Ye Chen looked helpless; in fact, this was the result of Tao Ping's careful consideration.
Having spent so many days in Ye Chen's territory, although many places were restricted from being visited, I was still able to gather some information.
For example, what is the lord's personality like? How does he interact with his clan? What is the potential for the territory's development?
Especially considering that Ye Chen is just a new lord who has just stepped out of the trial space, yet he is already traveling outside with a planet, and he is only at the 3rd rank, this unheard-of thing further highlights his extraordinary nature.
For awakened individuals, if they don't want to build their own adventure team, then following a lord is the most important thing. Ye Chen has clearly met Tao Ping's expectations, and even far exceeded them.
Although Ye Chen's territory is not yet powerful, and is only in the early stages of development, in terms of potential, many veteran lords cannot compare with it.
To exaggerate a bit, the development potential of the Fat Man's territory has already surpassed that of many lords. The unique technological development path has given the weaker goblins in the Fat Man's territory a completely different development path. Moreover, this strength can be mass-produced. The only troublesome point is the huge consumption of resources.
However, this kind of consumption is much easier than training a high-level professional. Moreover, this kind of resource is transferable. A set of goblin armor can be used by another person, and another powerful Tier 3 warrior will be born.
Even excluding the fat man, Tao Ping believed that Ye Chen alone would allow him to grow to a higher level in the future, not to mention that they were now clearly working together as a powerful force. Of course, he didn't know that the fat man's development strategy was provided by Ye Chen.
Offering help in times of need is always better than adding to someone's good fortune, so after thinking about it for the past few days, Tao Ping decided to pledge allegiance to this new lord. The addition of a 6th-tier awakened individual would definitely give him more say when facing other lords.
"Is this a sixth-tier Awakened? Where did you trick him out of? Take me along to trick some too?" Sun Xiuzhu asked Ye Chen, stunned.
"Screw you, take it yourself if you want!" Ye Chen said irritably, and walked into the airship, while Sun Xiuzhu's eyes lit up.
"Really! Tao Ping, right? How about coming to work for me? I'm a sixth-tier lord, after all, right? I'm a perfect match for a sixth-tier awakened one like you! Hey! Don't go! We can talk this over..."
Sun Xiuzhu kept shouting, but Tao Ping ignored and refused him the whole time. It's rare for a sixth-level lord to do this.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on him. Although he is a sixth-tier lord, it does not mean that his territory is not lacking in sixth-tier units. In fact, it is extremely lacking. After all, apart from the first batch of recruited kin, the kin that are bred and captured later need too much time and resources to grow.
Putting aside everything else, the growth time of a dragon lord's young dragon is measured in hundreds or thousands of years, while the lords on Earth have only been developing for a thousand years. How could they possibly grow up in that time?
Sun Xiuzhu kept trying to persuade him along the way, until the airship was about to land before he had to give up. He could see that this man was determined to follow Ye Chen, but Ye Chen didn't care.
"Wouldn't you call this being a freeloader?" Sun Xiuzhu asked Ye Chen with a resentful look as he stepped off the airship.
"What nonsense are you talking about? He's not a beauty, how can a grown man be worthy of letting me live off him?" Ye Chen looked at Sun Xiuzhu with the kind of caring gaze one might give someone mentally challenged, his tone full of disdain.
Stepping off the airship, Ye Chen and Fatty looked at the familiar scenery around them, and couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions. Counting the year they spent in the Time Cave, he had unknowingly been away for almost two years.
"What's wrong? Feeling nervous about returning home?" Sun Xiuzhu walked out from the side and couldn't help but tease Ye Chen and the other two, seeing their nostalgic expressions.
"A little!" Ye Chen nodded decisively without being polite. Only those who have experienced it can know that the Dark Dimension and Blue Star are completely different experiences for two people.
"It's been more than ten years since I've been back, I think? I can't remember! The last time was when we conquered the G56 plane!" Tao Ping's voice trembled slightly, which made Ye Chen and the fat man tremble even more.
"The G56 plane was eighteen years ago, when we were just born!" the fat man said quietly, surprised that the other person was already the same age as him when they last returned to Blue Star.
Tao Ping "..."
"Alright, let's go, guys! The longest I've been away from home is nearly a hundred years. You'll be coming back less and less often in the future, but this will always be our home! Our way home!" Sun Xiuzhu patted Ye Chen on the shoulder and said, pulling them back from their reverie, and led them out of the airport.
The time of a lord is incredibly long. Perhaps a thousand years have passed since a lord emerged from the Cavern of Time. This is extremely common among high-ranking lords.
But as Sun Xiuzhu said, as long as the Blue Star plane still exists, then Blue Star will always be their destination, their home, the meaning of their fight on the front line, and the belief they need to protect!
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