Chapter 204: Half a month later

"Naturally, everyone returns to their own homes and finds their own mothers!"

"Even the Golden One?"

"Correct."

Lin Yu nodded slightly, then said with a smile: "Rest assured, with you and Saiki Kusuo here, these Heroic Spirits won't be able to stir up any trouble. Just let them stay in the current world!"

Bai Zeming was flattered and hurriedly said: "What virtue or ability do I have? How can I be mentioned in the same breath as the God Saiki?"

Lin Yu patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't belittle yourself. You are the man who has mastered the Great Summoning Art. Even if you can't solve it, you can always just summon more people!"

Bai Zeming: "..."

These words were too reasonable; he could not refute them.

Lin Yu smiled, turned his head, and looked at Cú Chulainn not far away: "What about you? What are your plans?"

Upon hearing this, Cú Chulainn was startled, then shrugged his shoulders. Carrying his long spear, he said with a carefree smile: "My Master has already been taken by you to fill the Holy Grail. Without a Master's supply of magical energy, what else can I do besides wait for death?"

Lin Yu asked with a smile: "Any interest in changing Masters?"

As soon as these words were spoken, both Cú Chulainn and Bai Zeming were stunned and couldn't help but look at each other.

Cú Chulainn frowned and looked at Bai Zeming with a scrutinizing gaze: "Are you talking about... this kid?"

Bai Zeming glared at him, then turned to Lin Yu and whispered: "Big Brother, you forgot, this guy killed me twice—the most among all the Heroic Spirits. I wouldn't dare keep him by my side!"

Lin Yu glanced at him with a look that was not quite a smile: "Then who do you want to switch to?"

Bai Zeming blinked and said: "Do we really have to switch? Uncle Yun is actually quite good..."

Lin Yu shook his head: "I have already discussed it with Emperor Zhao Lie. Once the Holy Grail War ends, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao must return to the Throne of Heroes to reunite with the Heroic Spirits of Shu Han. How can we go back on our word at the last minute and keep them in the current world?"

Oh right, almost forgot about that!

Bai Zeming slapped his forehead and agreed with a bitter smile.

Compared to him, Cú Chulainn had no complaints; on the contrary, he quite appreciated the side of him that had acted as a warrior back then.

Plus, with Archer and Saber also remaining in the current world, Cú Chulainn very much wanted to use his connection with Bai Zeming to have a fair and open fight with those two Heroic Spirits...

Just like that, Lin Yu dissolved the contract between Bai Zeming and the trio of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao, and sent them back to the Throne of Heroes.

As for the information and power within these Heroic Spirit bodies, they were extracted by Lin Yu, prepared to be sold to Li Shimin next door.

Once Bai Zeming and Cú Chulainn signed their contract, Lin Yu intended to return to his Inner Universe.

"Not staying a little longer?"

Bai Zeming said with some heartache: "Leaving as soon as you arrived, wouldn't those one hundred points be wasted?"

Lin Yu looked at him, speechless, and shook his head: "No choice, I'm in a hurry."

"As for the matter of points, according to the group's rules, for any supplies produced by a member's world, the local member will automatically receive a certain percentage of the share."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved, capturing a stone from the ground and handing it to Bai Zeming.

"List it. Set the price at two thousand points; consider it the share for the Heroic Spirit power and all the evils of this world!"

... It can be done like this?

Bai Zeming looked at Lin Yu in astonishment, appearing extremely tempted.

But after thinking for a moment, he still shook his head and did not take the stone.

"My little brother was in trouble, and Big Brother was willing to come and save the day; that is already more than enough benevolence. If I were to ask Big Brother for any share, that would be my fault!"

"Don't misunderstand."

Lin Yu shook his head and said seriously: "This isn't asking for anything; it's the rules!"

The rules?

Looking at the serious expression on Lin Yu's face, Bai Zeming was slightly startled.

After deep thought, he smiled bitterly: "Alright, it's my ignorance..."

Not long after, Bai Zeming exchanged two thousand points with Lin Yu for a stone.

Lin Yu nodded with satisfaction, took that stone, tossed it casually by his feet, and then his figure flashed, leaving Bai Zeming's world in a hurry.

"He really was in a hurry!"

Bai Zeming looked at the spot where Lin Yu had disappeared, speechless.

On the other side, Lin Yu, having returned to his Inner Universe, continued to study his Fourth Calamity game pod.

The members of the chat group finally finished following the Holy Grail War and began to focus on the development of their respective worlds.

Relying on the fact that he held no official post, Su Haoming spent his days traveling between the Tang Gui and Frieren worlds, loitering in Lin Yu's dojo to cultivate. His cultivation was now advancing by leaps and bounds, and it wouldn't be long before he reached the eighth level of Qi Cultivation.

After his grand wedding, Fan Xian secretly took Lin Waner to the Inspectorate to pay respects to Chen Pingping.

After the two discussed it in a secret room, Fan Xian decided to accept the mission to go as an envoy to Northern Qi, just like in the original story.

Chen Pingping would remain in the capital to build momentum for him and make all necessary preparations. Once Fan Xian returned from Northern Qi with great merit, they would immediately launch a coup to overthrow the rule of the Qing Emperor in one fell swoop.

All of the above were plans Fan Xian had shared in the group.

As for how the specific situation would unfold, it would depend on how things were implemented on the day Fan Xian returned.

Yunye, also a veteran member, had no thoughts of becoming a king or hegemon; he only wanted to live his carefree life while pushing the Great Tang to its peak as much as possible.

According to him, the Great Tang had now officially begun its Industrial Revolution under his guidance.

Although it was still in the stage of steam engine application, the treatment of craftsmen had been greatly improved by him.

Yunye had also established the Great Tang Technology Award in his own name to reward those craftsmen who made breakthroughs...

There was nothing much to say about He Jingfeng and Lin Lie, the members from the modern world; the former continued to develop the Bai Yu Group, while the latter was either saving the world or on the way to saving the world.

Compared to the aforementioned members, Li Shimin was undoubtedly the busiest one.

Besides taking time out every day to come to the dojo to cultivate, he also had to handle mountains of government affairs, develop the national strength of Shu Han, train a new type of army, and prepare for the Northern Expedition in the coming spring.

As for Ainz, the newcomer from the same period as Bai Zeming, this guy was likely frightened by the future actions of Demiurge and was busy conducting ideological education for the NPCs under his command.

But unfortunately, these NPCs were inherently evil by design; it was difficult to change their views on good and evil through education alone.

Ainz was quite troubled by this and could only set rules for them first, thinking about inviting Lin Yu over as a guest in the future to see if this big shot had any better methods.

Just like that, time moved forward in a peaceful daily routine.

About twenty days, or to be more precise, twenty days in the chat group later, Lin Yu, who had been in seclusion for many days, finally solved the problem of the game pod projecting souls across worlds!

Inner Universe, Treasure Pavilion.

Lin Yu looked with satisfaction at the game pod in front of him, which was engraved with complex pupils, then waved his hand, ordering Linghua to stop her work and put all production capacity into manufacturing game pods.

After giving the order, he went to the Frieren world again and found his retainer, Woer, asking him to establish a company in the inner city under the name of the Lord of Spine Peak City to sell virtual game pods.

Once Linghua produced enough products, he could begin to trick his retainers!

After finishing this, Lin Yu left the Lord's Mansion with satisfaction, took a stroll around the current Spine Peak City, and finally stepped into the Moonlight Showcase in the inner city. While eating their new products, he opened the chat group.

At this moment, the members were discussing gossip about Yunye with great interest.

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and asked with interest: "What's the situation?"

【Fan Xian: Hehe, Old Yun is in love!】

【Lin Yu: Oh?!】

【Lin Yu: Li Anlan or Xin Yue?】

Li Anlan was Li Er's daughter, and her appearance was extremely similar to Yunye's wife from his previous life, but unfortunately, her personality was somewhat twisted, fitting the mental state of a Great Tang princess all too well.

In the original story, Yunye first pursued Li Anlan without success, and later, under the secret arrangements of the elders of the Yun family and the Academy, he fell in love with Xin Yue, the granddaughter of Master Yushan, and eventually married her.

【Su Haoming: It's Xin Yue, of course!】

【Su Haoming: This girl really fits Old Yun's imagination of a future wife.】

【Su Haoming: But looking at Old Yun's intentions, he probably doesn't plan to let Li Anlan go either.】

【Su Haoming: At this rate, Old Yun is going to be the first member to start a harem!】

【Su Haoming: @Fan Xian, what do you say?】

【Fan Xian: Why @ me? I have a heart of pure gold for Waner; how can I be mentioned in the same breath as that lecher Old Yun?!】

【He Jingfeng: Pfft, spare me that!】

【He Jingfeng: If I hadn't read Joy of Life, I might have actually believed you!】

【Lin Lie: +1】

【Fan Xian: You have the nerve to +1?】

【Fan Xian: If I remember correctly, Shuangshuang mentioned that when you were in Magic City, you were very close to a beautiful architect surnamed Lei. That happened, right?】

【Lin Lie: Don't smear me. Miss Lei and I are completely innocent; we just cooperated to solve a problem once.】

【Lin Lie: After that, I never contacted her again. Unlike you, not only do you have female confidantes everywhere, but in the original story, you even had a child with the Northern Qi Empress!】

【Fan Xian: That was the Fan Xian in the novel, not me!】

【Fan Xian: In my world, I haven't been fooling around!】

In just a few short sentences, the topic shifted from gossip about Yunye to the members attacking each other.

Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh. After a moment of thought, he sent a message in the group: "@Yunye, how is the situation? When do you plan to get engaged and married, and learn from Fan Xian to harvest a wave of leeks?"

【Fan Xian: Big Brother, food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words cannot be spoken indiscriminately!】

【Fan Xian: I've had Waner record all the wedding gifts from the brothers; they definitely have to be returned in the future!】

【Su Haoming: He's anxious, he's anxious, look at how anxious he is!】

【Fan Xian: 【Rolling eyes. jpg】】

【Yunye: I say Old Fan, just accommodate Old Su. A single dog has no way to have a virtual wedding and collect gifts; it really is the 'leeks' Big Brother mentioned!】

【Su Haoming:?】

【Su Haoming:???】

Su Haoming kept typing question marks to flood the screen.

The state of his suspected mental breakdown made Yunye in the Tang Zhuan world laugh out loud.

He ignored Su Haoming's question marks and replied to @Lin Yu: "It's still too early. Xin Yue and I have only been together for half a month. I estimate it won't be until Old Fan returns from the south that we can reach the stage of discussing marriage..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 205 =====