Chapter 299: Two years have passed Iliana was looking at both Ethan and Rey like she was looking at two absolute monsters. The shy young man, who just got punched for her sake, was actually possessing a purple-colored Sword Saint talent? And what about that absurd doctor? How was he this powerful? The emissary looked at Ethan. "Young man, won’t you reconsider your choice? You two brothers can stay together in an advanced cultivation cave if you join too." "No, I will just embarrass him if I go there. The renowned Sword Saint, Rey, has a brother who just heals people for money. Won’t it sully his name in the future? Besides, you can come to me if you ever need my help. I will help you if you take care of my brother. I will be living in my village." When he said those words, no one believed his nonsense. Who would dare to mock a healer who could almost kill a person with a single punch—someone who just overpowered the present Sword Saint, Rey? "Ethan, if you are not joining the sect because of me, trust me, I’ll never disclose our relation to anyone. You are my idol and you always will be. So what if you are a healer? What if you heal people for money? You can punch like a monster. It will be me instead who will be sullying your name, like they would say, ’The famous, one-of-a-kind, super handsome, monstrous genius, lady-killer doctor Ethan, who can shatter worlds with a punch, his brother can only swing his sword. How embarrassing.’" Both Ethan and Rey turned red after he said that. "This bastard surely learned from me, saying flawless nonsense like this. I have spoiled my baby brother," Ethan thought, now regretting ever saying such things in front of him. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl in. "Umm, sir, I won’t mind if you train this bastard so hard that he will cry out saying a new girl’s name every night." Everyone laughed out loud this time. They could hardly control their laughter before since the emissary was present. But this time, even the emissary laughed. How could they not? "This is not fair, you bastard! Once I become stronger than you, I will teach you a lesson," Rey roared at him. Ethan just put his pinky finger in his ear like nothing happened. "Yeah, yeah, in your dream. You can even marry Iliana too in those dreams. But would that happen in real life?" Ethan looked at Rey with disdain. Rey turned red when Ethan said that, and as for Iliana, steam seemed to rise from her head. Park was watching all this from the crowd. "That young man is something else. Look how my young miss is blushing. Sigh." "Okay, sir. You can continue the process. Please don’t waste your precious time here," Ethan said to the emissary politely. The old man nodded at them. "Okay, Rey. You can talk to your brother for now. Then come find me." "Yes, sir." After the emissary left, Ethan looked up at the sky and started counting stars in daylight with a very serious expression. "Hmm, so that’s how it is," he said, putting his right hand on his chin and thinking like a sage. "Don’t ignore me, you bastard. Stop your bullshit acting. Why didn’t you tell me you were so strong? I was worried for nothing," Rey shouted at him. "Huh, what are you talking about? Who is acting? All great people always think out of the ordinary, like me. If I can count stars during the day, would I have to compete with the ordinary people who do it at night? Think, Rey, think," Ethan replied shamelessly. "Yeah, all of you are idiots if you start counting stars because it’s impossible." "I don’t think so. I believe there are people out there who can not only count stars but also pluck them like flowers," Ethan said seriously this time. He had seen a man in his dream who could do that. Rey was about to curse him again, but seeing Ethan’s serious expression, he didn’t say anything. "Rey, keep this space ring safely. Never tell anyone what’s inside. Okay?" Rey took the space ring. He thought it was just a low-rank one, not very valuable. But the moment he saw the contents of the ring, his eyes widened. His mind went into disarray. "Ethan, this... this... where did you get them? How?" There were mountains of gold coins. Rey couldn’t even count how many there were. At first, Ethan thought buying him resources would be better, but then he decided against it. Rey should buy his own resources with his own money. There might appear some unique resource perfect for him, and if he didn’t have money then, how would he buy it? "Don’t worry. They’re legal. Just keep this safe, okay?" Rey nodded like a zombie. "Okay, I’ll be leaving. You should go and familiarize yourself with the people of the sect. That will make your days smoother there. And again, if you think you can’t keep up, just come back to me. No need to force it." After giving his last piece of advice, Ethan left. Rey felt a tear roll down his cheek. He didn’t know when they would meet again. Ethan found Park waiting for him on the road. "Sir, are you going back?" "Yes, my job here is done. Rey got accepted, so there’s no need to waste time here." "You’re right. Okay then, be careful on your return journey. You can always send someone to find me if you ever need me." "Same here. Come find me if you need my help." Then Ethan left the city that same day with Dan. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺 "Boss, we should have stayed a few more days. It’s not often we come to big cities like this." "If you want, you can stay here for a few days. I can go on my own." "Those guys will kill me if they find out I left you alone." Ethan just laughed but didn’t say anything else. He would start his cultivation there. Today, he felt like an ant in front of the emissary. Though the old man was polite to him, he could feel a tremendous pressure—like facing a primordial beast. "I need to become powerful. Way more than this. If I’m really the reincarnation of the man I see in my dreams, then the power scale is huge. And if I perished, that means I wasn’t the strongest back then. The Divine Might Technique said the Ancestral Dragon was the strongest existence, but compared to my past self, it’s just a bigger ant. I don’t know what happened back then or why I reincarnated. To find the answers, I need to become powerful. The Infinite Might Technique is making my body stronger, but I think I’m losing something. I need some cultivation techniques to understand the proper way of cultivation. But for now, Infinite Might should be alright." Two days later, Ethan and Dan arrived at the village. Ethan returned to a quiet life. He would treat people and cultivate. He even planted some trees in his courtyard. His only companion was Blue. Ethan would fully treat Blue once every seven days to ensure nothing unnecessary could happen to him. In this manner, two years passed.