Days started to pass as seasons changed, and for what felt like the blink of an eye, two whole years had passed since Neo met Yulan.

They are still working at the antique shop and have become quite well-known friends in the neighborhood.

The Black Land Hall also continued to grow, as in these two years, more than ten businesses fell under their influence.

Yulan spent most of her time following Neo, except for the moments when she returned to her home and her parents were there.

She had invited Neo to come, but had always been coldly rejected by him; she wasn’t dejected, as this was a normal occasion for her.

Although they are called friends, it is only because Yulans also shouts that they are friends. even after two years of knowing each other, Neo is as cold towards her as the first day they met.

Although this hurt her heart as someone she could consider as her only friend doesn’t even call her a friend.

On Neo’s side, he always dreaded going to Yulan’s family home, although with his limited knowledge, he doesn’t know how much power a person in the Divine Realm has, but since they are called divine, they must have some god like ability.

What if he goes there and they find out all about him, perhaps even the fact that he reincarnated in this world?

Even if they don’t find that out, the evil things he has done in this life are more than enough for them to hate him.

Plus, the fact that he knows that Yulan is a righteous girl, her parents must also share such a mindset.

Even if not, he doesn’t like to take chances, so he won’t waste his new life trying his luck. Plus, he doesn’t think his relationship with Yulan is worth going to her house.

He also doesn’t want to be associated with that family; he did some research about this family, and the things he found made him wary of this family.

Previously, he had thought that it was just one of the richer families of the Human Alliance, but it turned out to be one of the five pillars of the Human Alliance.

Something that had existed since the beginning of the Human Alliance and something that even made the Alliance possible.

According to historical records, the ear of the lord descended upon humans about five hundred thousand years ago.

During that time, humans had just started to venture into space, and the Earth was dominated by various countries and groups.

During the first years, humans were given seven Awakening Flames by the All Heaven System, distributed to the seven continents that existed.

Before the people had understood what these flames were, in the first ten years, many people thought of it be some unholy thing.

After all, due to it, almost ten percent of the human population was lost in an instant. This period lasted until the first lord returned, and then the other lord also returned.

Although only ten percent had survived, they had gained god like ability. Most were able to keep themselves together after having experienced ten years on the lord continent.

But there were still those who let the power get to their head, thus a period of turmoil started. Most people wanted to seize the Awakening flames for their use.

Those with some sense knew that they couldn’t let human society fall, but as more and more lords were born, humans became more divided than ever.

Ten great factions rose, led by ten beings in the Divine Realm; they were the strongest of humanity at that time.

One of them was the ancestor of the Mu family; there were also other pillars among them.

This time of turmoil lasted for about ten thousand years; the earth had greatly changed and was damaged by the battles of the lord.

If not for the fact that the divine realm had put the formation on Earth, it would have been destroyed long ago.

By now, the situation had stabilized as the Ten Great factions didn’t fight against each other but continued to strengthen themselves.

But the peace didn’t last long as an alien civilization managed to find this solar system dominated by Humans.

Due to not being prepared, Humans suffered great loss, and even one of the Awakening flames was stolen, and a great faction fell.

Knowing that they couldn’t take this threat alone, all the faction put aside their differences and worked together to fend off the alien race.

This battle lasted for more than fifty thousand years, and in these years, the differences between different factions were slowly disappearing.

Thus, with the lead of one of the pillars of the Human Alliance, they joined together and officially formed the collective human organization called the Human Alliance.

After which, they slowly counterattacked the aliens and completely wiped them out within another ten thousand years.

They gained back their awakening flame and also all the awakening flames and other resources of that race.

Although most strong beings of that race had managed to run into the deep void.

Then the Human continued their conquering journey, destroying and enslaving one civilization after another.

This angered the entire universe as most strongest races joined together and gave a beating to the human race.

After which, the strong beings that hid in the Deep Void also returned, forcing humans to sign a peace treaty.

Then the current age of peace began, but the hate of the alien race hadn’t disappeared out of nowhere.

Humans were always targeted in the Lord Continent (Inner Void), and this sense of hate still carries to this day.

Although humans had harmed a lot of species, even those who were not harmed acted like they hated humans to get the majority’s support.

This act, with time, turned into true hate, making humans unable to help but sigh. Till this day, only a few still dare be friends with Humans.

Reading this, Neo wasn’t surprised; he had seen the deepest of darkness of humanity, so them being the most hated wasn’t something that surprised him.

In fact, most humans of this period don’t care for their hate; they even look at it with a sense of pride, as if showing their superiority.

"Just Human Nature."

This was the comment Neo gave when Yulan asked about what he thought of this situation. Yulan had nodded at that as she also thought the same.

This also made Neo not want to associate with her as he knew that she was very intelligent, almost so much that he wondered if she was also a reincarnated person.

But this speculation was quickly destroyed after seeing her childish behavior; he could never imagine an intelligent adult acting like that.

Even he couldn’t do such a thing, if she really was a reincarnated person, then he will give a bow. After all in this accept he was inferior to her.

"Hey, you are thinking bad things about me, aren’t you?"

Yulan asked in a disaffected tone as she saw Neo lost in his thoughts. She tried to poke his cheeks, but he quickly dodged.

"Your imagination."

Neo said coldly as he continued to count the money earned this month, seeing him acting like this made Yulan pout, but she couldn’t say anything.

She always felt that Neo had created a barrier in his heart, and that barrier was even multilayered when facing her.

Only after annoying him to the extreme, she had managed to break some barriers, but she still felt a sense of distance from him.

She had already considered him her one and only friend, but in his eyes, she still stayed the same stranger he had met two years ago.

"Menie."

Yulan muttered as she gave a light punch to Neo, having not heard her words, and confused by her behavior, Neo looked at her with a questioning gaze.

The only thing he got to return was Yulan making a teasing face as she continued to act dissatisfied. The old man of the shop had long been used to such behavior as he dusted the antiques in the shop.

He found this experience quite noble; most of his life, he was in a constant state of fighting, so this peaceful life gave him a new perspective on life.

Especially looking at the future generation of humanity couldn’t help but make him smile. Although Jiayi is called master by him in terms of age he would be considered a junior.

For him who has been following the Mu family since the first generation, Yulan could be considered a granddaughter.

"Hmm~"

"For some reason, Master Jiayi, I feel like you will be salty due to letting Young Neo get close to Miss Yulan."

He muttered with a smile, wondering what Jiayi’s expression would be if these two became lovers.

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