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Chapter 275 Mother of All Beings and the Streetlight

For Lu Yan, what happened at Violet Manor was just a minor incident.

In fact, under normal circumstances, the first obstacle that unions would encounter in their development should be the emerging aristocracy and capitalists.

Before the workers truly unite, the emerging aristocracy and capitalists maintain an absolute advantage, and it will take a long time for the unions to realize their true potential.

However, Lu Yan didn't have time to lead the union in a battle of wits with those minor nobles and capitalists.

By directly using the power of mediation to alter everyone's perceptions, they subconsciously came to accept Lu Yan's deal, thus accelerating the formation of the union.

From the perspective of normal social evolution, this approach is indeed somewhat radical.

The sudden acquisition of these legitimate rights by workers who have not undergone struggle cannot fundamentally change their original mindset and may sow the seeds of future problems.

To possess overwhelming strength yet still act timidly and follow so-called social evolution seems hypocritical and laughable.

This is ultimately an extraordinary world where everything is based on strength.

If Lu Yan truly possessed strength comparable to the only one in this world, providing security for all workers and closing all brothels would be a matter of mere thought.

Overly following social evolution while ignoring the influence of one's own power leads to falling from one extreme to another.

After completing the transaction, Lu Yan did not linger.

After declining the offers to stay from the nobles and extraordinary individuals, Lu Yan left the manor and boarded the carriage for his return journey.

Sitting in the carriage, gazing at the dim lights outside, Lu Yan fell into deep thought.

The extraordinary banquet at Violet Manor came to a successful conclusion, and Lu Yan had achieved all his goals.

The only unexpected factor that wasn't taken into account was Baron Welton and the saint behind him.

After killing the Sequence Four Saint, Lu Yan also reviewed Baron Welton's memories and learned some of the background information.

Baron Welton was a newly emerging noble family. In terms of family reputation and strength, he was far from qualified to come into contact with a Saint of Sequence Four.

Baron Welton first came into contact with the saint because of his son, who had embarked on the path of the extraordinary.

His son was a Sequence 8 transcendent being who caught the attention of the saint at an underground transcendent gathering because of his lavish spending.

The saint appeared and took his son as his disciple, then used the power of the Welton family to amass wealth and collect extraordinary resources.

The Welton family was naturally willing to curry favor with this saint, and they granted him almost every request.

Even just a few months ago, the saint claimed that he had conducted experiments on a large number of living people for a supernatural ritual, and Baron Welton had fulfilled all his requests.

To this end, the Welton family blew up one of their own coal mines, burying three hundred workers and creating the illusion of an accident at the mine.

After a futile attempt at rescue efforts, Baron Welton symbolically compensated each of the three hundred workers' families with five pounds as a form of restitution.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Baron Welton obtained the Saint's communication talisman, which allows him to send messages to the Saint when necessary.

At the extraordinary banquet at Violet Manor, Baron Welton used this secret communication talisman to transmit information about Lu Yan taking out a large number of spatial items to the Sage, which attracted the Sage's secret surveillance.

"It seems that spatial items are more valuable in the Mysterious version than I imagined."

Lu Yan was secretly calculating in his mind.

"In addition, the entire Orank seems to have extremely strict monitoring of supernatural powers of Sequence Four and above."

The moment I struck to annihilate the saint, his struggle revealed a tiny, insignificant fluctuation of extraordinary power, which attracted the attention of the cathedral.

If I hadn't hastily altered my memories, those eyes might have actually caught a trace of it.

Inside the carriage, Lu Yan recalled those eyes high in the sky. The other party's power level was not high, but it had an extremely special aura of rules.

If it weren't for the supreme divine power to manipulate creation and the overwhelming status, one might truly be subject to the rules.

"Could this be the sealing artifact used to monitor Orank?"

As he pondered this, Lu Yan glanced out of the corner of his eye toward the Violet Manor.

With Lu Yan, the central figure of the banquet, gone, none of the extraordinary individuals or nobles present had any desire to continue.

Lu Yan brought them too many shocks today, especially the superhumans who couldn't wait to go back and test the effects of the storage bag.

The banquet soon drew to a close, the light from the crystal chandelier gradually dimmed, and many richly dressed nobles and extraordinary individuals left the manor one after another.

The waiting servants immediately came to greet them, and one after another, magnificent carriages started moving, the sound of hooves gradually fading into the night.

Among the many departing guests, Baron Welton was inconspicuous.

He sat in the dark carriage, his figure appearing lonely and weary in the dim light.

Making a deal with a saint today should have been a happy occasion, but Welton felt a strange unease, as if an unseen eye was watching him from behind.

His hand repeatedly reached unconsciously towards the communication talisman in his robes, his only means of contacting the hidden sage.

But each time he was about to touch the secret talisman, he stopped, as if an invisible force was preventing him, and his subconscious made him give up his plan to ask the hidden saint.

The carriage traveled through the bustling central district and past the lively commercial streets before finally stopping in front of a luxurious manor.

The manor is magnificent, with solemn stone lions on both sides of the gate and towering spires that resemble the shadows of giants in the night.

As I stepped off the carriage, a butler in a tailcoat immediately greeted me, bowing respectfully.

Baron Welton glanced at him disapprovingly and asked in a stern voice, "Where is Clio?"

“Young Master is receiving instruction from his master,” the butler replied in a low voice, a subtle hesitation in his eyes.

Wilton's expression softened slightly, a hint of pride flashing in his eyes. He strode towards the western part of the manor, towards a tall tower that stood independently from the main part of the manor.

That is the mystical tower built by Baron Welton at great expense. It is made entirely of special materials and can prevent the leakage of extraordinary energy.

Rickrio usually lives here to practice extraordinary magic and study extraordinary knowledge. Whenever the hidden saint descends, he will teach there.

His eldest son, Cleo, possessed extraordinary talent and had already reached Sequence Eight at the young age of nineteen.

Even if they don't reach the fourth-ranked human saint in the future, just reaching the fifth rank would be enough to propel the Welton family to a higher level.

For this reason, Baron Welton supported Cleo with almost all of his family's resources, and his dealings with the mysterious saint were mostly for the sake of his eldest son.

Otherwise, why would he risk his entire family to curry favor with a sage who cannot reveal his true identity?
However, as soon as he approached the building, Wilton heard heavy breathing and soft moans coming from inside.

His brow furrowed instantly, his face turning ashen. Welton kicked the door open, roaring, "You bastard! Did you think I built this arcane tower just for you to play with?"

The sight inside the house instantly ignited Baron Welton's fury.

Two alluring maids and two handsome male servants hurriedly packed their clothes and ran out, heads bowed, not daring to look at Welton.

Meanwhile, his eldest son Cleo, whom he was so proud of, was wearing a white bathrobe and looking at his furious father with a helpless expression.

He casually leaned back on the sofa, showing no embarrassment at being caught.

"The steward said you were studying with the Saint, but I never expected you to use that as a pretext to do such a stupid thing. You are utterly despicable!" Baron Welton roared, his voice filled with disappointment and anger.

Cleo was taken aback and asked doubtfully, "I was indeed studying with my teacher at first. He received your message this afternoon and immediately rushed to your location. I was bored, so I sought entertainment from the servants. Father, you should know about this."

These words struck Baron Welton like a thunderbolt, instantly turning his face pale and a look of unbelievable fear flashing in his eyes.

"Impossible!" Baron Welton exclaimed instinctively, his voice trembling. "I was attending a banquet all afternoon. When did I contact the Saint?"

As he spoke, Welton reached into his robes to check the status of the communication talisman.

When his fingers touched the rune stone, a bone-chilling cold spread from his fingertips throughout his body.

The runestone, inscribed with secret runes, had become riddled with cracks, as if crushed by some invisible force, and Welton had never noticed it.

The next moment, the lights in the room went out, the bright crystal chandelier suddenly became dim, and the candlesticks on the wall went out one by one, leaving only the flame in the fireplace flickering and casting swaying shadows.

Lu Yan, dressed in a black suit and carrying a cane, appeared in the room at some unknown time, like a ghost emerging from the darkness.

He stood by the fireplace, the firelight illuminating his handsome face, his deep black eyes silently observing everything as if scrutinizing lives as insignificant as ants.

Baron Welton and Cleo froze on the spot, feeling an unprecedented fear envelop them, like prey being stalked by a wild beast, making it difficult to even breathe.

"Who are you?"

Cleo, being a Sequence 8 transcendent, barely broke free from the shackles of fear and questioned them sharply.

He tried to remain calm, but the tremor in his voice betrayed his inner unease. The firelight from the fireplace cast flickering shadows on his young face, highlighting the wariness and fear in his eyes.

"This is Welton Manor, and my teacher is a Sequence Four Saint. You can still retreat now."

As he spoke, Cleo retreated toward the spellcasting table behind him, his movements seemingly casual yet containing a clear purpose.

Concealing his actions, he seemingly casually took the communication talisman stone on the table into his hand; it was their emergency item for contacting their teacher.

With the rune in hand, Cleo secretly breathed a sigh of relief; the cold touch of the stone gave him a vague sense of security.

He was about to speak to comfort his father, whose expression was grave, when he suddenly noticed something amiss—Baron Welton was not as angry or wary as he had imagined, but was staring at Lu Yan with a deathly pale face, as if he were seeing an impossible being.

Baron Welton's lips trembled, and his voice was hoarse as he said, "Is it you?"

A flicker of disbelief, fear, and shock flashed in his eyes, as if he had seen a ghost from a nightmare. Baron Welton took a half step back, his body trembling uncontrollably, and blurted out, "It must be you!"

"What exactly did you do?"

Lu Yan ignored the panicked father and son, and instead focused his gaze on the secret tower.

This arcane tower is incredibly expensive to build, and a mere Sequence 8 is simply not qualified to use it.

With his gaze piercing through the barrier within the arcane tower, Lu Yan could clearly see a laboratory atop the tower.

The vessels, extraordinary experimental reports, and experimental creations involving flesh and blood were all beyond the reach of the Welton father and son.

"The hidden saint approached the Welton father and son not only to collect extraordinary materials with the help of the Welton family, but also probably with the intention of secretly seizing the Mystic Tower as a laboratory."

With one step, the barrier concealing his perception shattered like glass, and Lu Yan stepped into the laboratory.

I picked up an experiment report at random, and it was clearly titled "Blood and Flesh Family Transformation Ritual 337".

"Flesh and blood relatives?"

Lu Yan raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Lu Yan had heard of the term "blood relatives" before.

Flesh and blood relatives are creatures created when those with the Life Path lose control, and the Life Path is the core extraordinary path of the true evil god cult, the Mother of All Beings cult.

Once Lu Yan discerned the hidden saint, he crushed him to death without giving him a chance to retaliate. Lu Yan had no idea that the other party was actually a saint from the Mother of All Beings sect.

“I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected harvest.”

Looking around at the numerous documents and equipment in the laboratory, Lu Yan waved his hand and packed them all up to take away.

As for those disgusting flesh and blood creatures, they were casually wiped out by Lu Yan, leaving not even a trace.

The data taken away was mainly for reference regarding extraordinary pathways. As one of the complete extraordinary pathways in this world, the life pathway is of great reference value to Lu Yan, who is about to create an extraordinary pathway.

As for those flesh and blood creations, Lu Yan didn't even bother with them.

The way of manipulating creation is to create all things from nothing. As long as Lu Yan is willing to create mortal life, it is not difficult. Why abandon the essential and pursue the trivial to study so-called flesh and blood relatives?
Emerging from the laboratory, Baron Welton and his eldest son Cleo remained standing in place, not daring to make any move to escape.

Upon seeing Mr. Lu Yan, Baron Welton immediately knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Your Highness, please forgive me."

Lu Yan completely ignored it, and with a slight lift of his index finger, a large amount of their memories and perceptions were modified.

If Wilton hadn't just finished attending a banquet and his sudden death might have caused unnecessary trouble, Lu Yan would have easily eliminated him long ago.

However, since Baron Welton could not be killed at the moment, Lu Yan arranged another fate for him.

Two days later, during an inspection of the mine, Baron Welton and his son inadvertently revealed their previous act of blowing up the coal yard and sacrificing three hundred workers alive.

Enraged workers besieged the coal yard, beating Baron Welton and his son, along with other high-ranking family members, to death. Their bodies were then hung from a streetlamp.

The fact that a worker killed a nobleman was such a heinous act that it should have enraged the noble council and prompted a thorough investigation of all workers.

However, this matter involves the human sacrifice of workers and is further implicated in the evil god cult, the Mother of All Beings. The noble council is afraid that if the matter escalates and is discovered by the Steam God Cult, it will cause conflict between the church and the nobles.

Even if the noble council was unwilling, it had no choice but to suppress the matter.

Everyone was satisfied with the result, except for the few corpses hanging on the streetlights.

(End of this chapter)