When Evan Yang emerged outside with the item, only a quarter of an hour had passed. Madam Two-Sides stared at Evan in disbelief, and Lynn Sparks eyed him suspiciously, finding it hard to believe.
"Senior, I've completed it. You must keep your promise," Evan said with a smile.
"How did you do it?" Madam Two-Sides asked suspiciously.
Evan smiled, "That's a secret. I can't say."
Madam Two-Sides replied, "Alright. From today on, you're my second disciple. Our sect is called Origin Sect."
"Huh? Origin?" Evan asked, confused by the single-character name.
"That's right, just 'Origin.' This sect has a long history, and each generation only takes one or two disciples—never more. Now you're my second disciple. She will be your senior-sister, and you'll stay with her for a few years so she can teach you the basics. I know you came to find me for world-realm control," Madam Two-Sides explained.
Evan was stunned and hadn't even asked her name before Madam Two-Sides disappeared, leaving Lynn Sparks to accompany him.
"How should I address you?" Evan asked with a smile.
"Call me Senior-Sister," Lynn Sparks replied with a smile.
"Oh, what's your name? And what about Master's name?" Evan asked curiously.
"I'm Lynn Sparks. Master calls me Lynn. As for Master, she's known as Madam Two-Sides," Lynn said with a smile.
Evan asked suspiciously, "Madam Two-Sides? What does that mean?"
"It means she has two sides. When she's angry, she's terrifying. When she smiles, she's also terrifying," Lynn explained with a smile.
Evan muttered, "What? Smiling is scary? Being angry is scary?"
"Yes. Actually, when she smiles, it means she's about to kill you. When she's angry, it means she already wants to kill you," Lynn said with a smile.
Hearing this, Evan laughed, "I see. Thank you, Senior-Sister Lynn."
"You're welcome. Now that you're here, I finally have company. Come on, let's go visit some other planets," Lynn said with a smile.
"Huh? Aren't we supposed to cultivate? Cultivation and all that..." Evan asked, confused as Lynn started to drag him away.
Lynn shook her head, "Junior-Brother, you're still too green. Since this world was created by Master, I have to show you around first."
"Uh..." Evan was speechless.
"Come on, stop dawdling," Lynn said with a smile.
Then Lynn dragged Evan away. On the way, she explained the rules of this world-realm: here, most people's strength is restricted to one-tenth, only a few are suppressed less.
"What about you? Are you restricted?" Evan asked Lynn curiously.
"Of course not! I'm Master's appointed guardian, so I need enough strength to deal with troublemakers," Lynn replied with a smile.
"So you're saying you're not restricted?" Evan asked, picking up on her meaning.
"That's right, I'm not restricted," Lynn said with a smile.
Evan asked curiously, "So when can I learn world-realm control from Master?"
"Didn't Master say? You have to stay with me for a few years, then we'll talk," Lynn replied with a smile.
"A few years?" Evan was shocked at the length of time.
"What, not happy about it?" Lynn asked, seeing Evan's expression.
Evan smiled, "Not really, it's just a bit long."
"That's not long at all! Master didn't make you stay hundreds or thousands of years—just a few years is nothing, just a blink of an eye," Lynn said.
Evan smiled, "True, but where are we going now?" He asked as they arrived on a planet, feeling curious.
Lynn said, "Come on, I recently found a group causing trouble on some planets. I taught them a lesson a while ago, but they didn't learn. This time I'll make sure they remember it."
With that, Lynn and Evan landed on a planet. Evan felt something strange—mountains surrounded them, and he sensed danger all around.
Lynn called toward the cave entrance, "You troublemakers, get out here!"
Soon, a group emerged from the cave, looking like bandits. The leader snorted coldly, "We've been waiting for you!"
"Waiting for me? Didn't you get enough of a lesson last time? Still asking for trouble?" Lynn said with a smile.
"Last time was a miscalculation. This time—hmph—even though our strength is restricted, I might as well tell you: you've provoked the wrong people. Do you know who we are?" the leader snorted coldly.
"I don't care who you are. Here, you have to listen to me, or forget it," Lynn declared.
"Dream on! Us, listen to you? Are you crazy? But I'm curious—why aren't you restricted here, while we are?" the leader asked suspiciously.
"Because I'm the guardian of this world. Guardians aren't restricted," Lynn replied with a smile.
"Ridiculous. You're still not being honest. I bet you've got some treasure on you. Once we capture you, we'll force it out of you," the leader snorted.
"I said I'd teach you a lesson, and you think you can capture me? Funny. Didn't you learn anything last time?" Lynn scoffed.
Suddenly, the surrounding mountains lit up, enveloping Evan and Lynn in light.
"Not good, it's a formation," Evan said. He could tell this array was no simple thing, but it was already too late.
Lynn wasn't concerned. "Just a formation, what's the big deal? Watch me," she said.
Lynn attacked the formation, but found it had no effect. She asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"
"These formations are powerful. Next up will probably be attacks," Evan sighed.
The group in the cave watched them. The leader laughed, "You two are so arrogant. Let me tell you who we are—we're from the Ghost Formation Sect of the Chaos World."
"Ghost Formation Sect? What kind of sect is that? Never heard of it," Lynn said. Evan wasn't familiar either.
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The leader laughed, seeing they didn't understand. "It's the strongest formation sect. At best, we can trap Heavenly Dao experts; at worst, we can kill them. What do you think?"
"Is it really that powerful?" Lynn asked skeptically.
"You'll see for yourself," the leader sneered.
With that, the surrounding formations powered up. Evan said, "Come in."
"Come in where?" Lynn asked, confused.
"Into here, of course." Evan had already created a barrier, combining it with the formation's flow. The attacks struck the formation but didn't touch Evan or Lynn.
The leader asked suspiciously, "Who are you? How do you know formations too?"
"Me? I'm her junior-brother," Evan replied.
"Junior-brother? Hmph, I don't believe we can't subdue you two today." The leader snorted. The surrounding formations attacked even more fiercely. Evan said to Lynn, "Looks like these are all formation experts. I need to find a way out and break the arrays."
"How will you break them?" Lynn asked, puzzled.
"You wouldn't understand. Just stay here. For now, these attacks can't break through the formation," Evan said.
Lynn nodded, "Alright, be careful then."
Evan flashed out. He could quickly sense the direction of the formation attacks, so he dodged each time just before they landed.
The people in the cave were all shocked—this was beyond their expectations.
"Senior-brother, how is he doing that?" one asked suspiciously.
The leader said, "Damn, could he be a formation expert too? No, we can't let him find the array nodes. Some of you, go guard the nodes."
"Got it." A few people appeared and went to guard the array nodes, but Evan had already found and destroyed several, greatly weakening the formation.
Once the formation was no longer dangerous, Evan called Lynn out.
As soon as she came out, Lynn stormed into the cave, dragged the leader out, and snorted, "You dare target me? You've got guts."
Evan had already rounded up the others. They all stared at Evan, especially the leader, who asked, "Who exactly are you? How do you know formations? And how did you find the array nodes so easily?"
"Me? Like I said, I'm her junior-brother. As for formations, I learned them in the past," Evan replied with a smile.
"Damn it, you'd better let us go. If not, our people will be here soon, and you'll regret it," the leader said angrily.
Evan smiled, "Regret what? If they come, they'll just be captured too."
"You're dead wrong. The ones coming are all formation elites. You can't possibly beat them," the leader snorted.
Lynn didn't care about their formations. "I don't care how many come. If you cause trouble here, you're in the wrong. No matter how many, I'll take you all down," she said.
"Damn you..." the leader said angrily.
"Senior-Sister, how are you going to deal with them?" Evan asked curiously. Lynn smiled, "Plant trees!"
"Plant trees?" Evan didn't get it at first, but when Lynn acted, he understood. She buried their heads in concrete, leaving their feet sticking out, repeating it until they were covered in dust and their expressions couldn't be seen.
The leader turned to Evan, "Brother, since we're both formation researchers, can't you ask her to stop?"
"Formation researchers?" Evan was intrigued by the term.
"That's right, we all study formations," the leader continued.
"There are so many people in the world who know formations. Should I let everyone go just because of that?" Evan asked with a smile.
"No, that's not what I mean. We're different. We're from the Ghost Formation Sect, which has many ancient formation records. I'm sure you'd be interested. If you let me go, I can introduce you," the leader tempted.