The Second Prince's mansion.
There was still some time before dark.
Ye Fan watched the two old men squatting on the ground counting ants, feeling a dull ache in his heart.
Oh, right.
It was no longer appropriate to say they were counting ants, as what the two old men were doing was a bit perverted.
The Second Elder, from somewhere, produced a pile of medicinal dregs and forced the ants to eat them. The ants' bodies visibly grew to the size of soybeans.
Master Xie Yan scratched around his crotch and finally pulled out a silver needle...
Ye Fan instinctively clenched his legs.
Holy hell!
A mental system expert, terrifying indeed!
Then, Master Xie Yan, holding a dazed ant in one hand and the needle in the other, began to randomly stab the ant.
A miraculous thing happened.
A faint red light emanated from the ant, and its small legs suddenly became thick.
The ant seemed very agitated and began to punch and kick Master Xie Yan.
"Second Elder, our research from last night seems to have been successful," Master Xie Yan said excitedly, his left eyeball darting around so erratically that its trajectory was lost.
"It seems so," the Second Elder replied happily, taking out a palm-sized porcelain bottle. "But we need to test it to be sure."
After the stopper was removed from the porcelain bottle, an insect the size of a thumb crawled out.
Ye Fan was familiar with this creature.
It was the otherworldly version of an anteater, possessing immense strength.
Despite its small size, this creature could push things weighing twenty to thirty pounds.
And its burst of speed was incredible; a single charge could kill ordinary cats and dogs!
It moved like a bullet.
Of course.
The main reason Ye Fan was familiar with this creature was that it was quite tasty.
The anteater clearly paused when it saw the mutated ant before it.
Huh?
Today's meal looks a bit different?
Is it a special treat?
It should be very satisfying to eat something this big, right?
When the anteater appeared, the surrounding ants all scurried back into their nests.
Only the modified ant, instead of fleeing, stumbled drunkenly towards the anteater.
The two stared at each other in silence...
Anteater: What the heck is this food?
Mutated Ant: Holy cow, this thing is so ugly for the first time!
The mutated ant's antennae touched, as if it were contemplating something.
Then, it leaped onto the anteater's back and began to chew!
The anteater rolled on the ground in pain, unable to shake off the attacker.
The roles of predator and prey were instantly reversed.
In less than a minute, the entire anteater was devoured by the mutated ant!
Keep in mind that the anteater was tens of times larger than the mutated ant!
Who knew how the mutated ant managed to eat it!
"Excellent! Our research from last night was truly successful!"
The two old men jumped up with joy, hugging each other and laughing heartily.
"Hehehe!"
"Hehehe... Hehehe...!"
Ye Fan was speechless.
What perverted things were these two old men researching all day?
Aren't you a pill refiner and a physician?
When did you switch careers to become entomologists?
And to make matters worse, I watched the whole thing...
"Ye Fan, Ye Fan."
The Second Elder ran over, excitedly grabbing Ye Fan's hand.
"Master Xie Yan and I have successfully developed a body strengthening technique. If used on cultivators, their strength can definitely be increased countless times!"
"Yes!" Master Xie Yan chimed in. "After our modifications, your strength will definitely far surpass your current level!"
"I don't think that's necessary," Ye Fan quickly withdrew his hand and took a few steps back. "As you both know, I have no cultivation, so it would be a waste to use it on me, right?"
Holy hell!
So these two old guys had set their sights on me?
I'll be damned if I let them modify me!
No, these two old men are too terrifying to keep around; I need to find a way to get rid of them quickly!
"That's right," the Second Elder said, clearly dejected. "Ye Fan has no cultivation, so modifying him would be useless..."
Ye Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"But don't be discouraged, Ye Fan," Master Xie Yan said, his head still, but his left eyeball turning towards Ye Fan. "We'll think of a way to solve your problem of lacking cultivation!"
Master Xie Yan's tone was very sincere, even excited.
When he got excited, the frequency of his left eyeball darting around increased significantly.
Ye Fan even worried that the eyeball might burst at any moment...
Ye Fan felt it was necessary to have a serious talk with them.
If these two old men kept plotting to do perverted things to his body, he wouldn't be able to handle it.
It wasn't that Ye Fan was afraid of death.
He was afraid of dying in an unsightly manner...
That would be a serious disservice to his good looks!
"I heard the Imperial City is very prosperous." Before Ye Fan could say anything, the Second Elder spoke up. "Ye Fan, let's go out for a stroll?"
"I think a stroll is a good idea too," Master Xie Yan also turned his bright gaze towards Ye Fan.
Ye Fan felt that instead of staying and letting the two old men ponder doing perverted things to him, it was better to take them out and have some fun.
Perhaps they would forget about him later?
Before they left, the Second Elder took out another porcelain bottle and put the mutated ant inside, making Ye Fan's eye twitch.
The streets of the Imperial City were wide and bustling. The two old men looked around with happy, unrestrained curiosity.
"There are candied hawthorns over there," the Second Elder's eyes lit up. "Ye Fan, I want candied hawthorns."
As he spoke, he walked towards the stall selling candied hawthorns.
"Bang!"
The Second Elder wasn't paying attention and collided head-on with a young nobleman walking by.
"Old man, can't you watch where you're going!" the nobleman's attendant cursed and kicked the Second Elder.
"Why are you bullying people?" The Second Elder stumbled back several steps before regaining his balance, looking at the nobleman with a wronged expression. "I'll apologize to you, why did you kick me?"
"The old man dares to talk back!" The attendant chased after him. "You bumped into our young master, breaking your dog legs would be a light punishment!"
A strong fist was raised high and smashed down fiercely towards the Second Elder.
"Bang!"
The fist didn't hit the Second Elder, but was caught by another hand.
"Brother, I'm sorry, I apologize on his behalf," Ye Fan said with a smile to the nobleman, offering an apology.
Let alone Ye Fan's lack of cultivation now, even if he were still the number one expert from his previous life, he would still do the same.
After all, his state of mind was such that he wouldn't bicker over such trivial matters.
Of course, if it were in his earlier lives, that would be a different story.
When Ye Fan first transmigrated, with the help of the system, he became an unparalleled expert.
A shut-in suddenly gaining such immense power would inevitably change his mindset.
It was no exaggeration to say that Ye Fan in his early transmigration was an absolute arrogant king.
He was the type to kill your entire family if you glared at him.
After experiencing nearly a million years of time, Ye Fan had long since abandoned that mindset.
"Dare to fight back?!" The attendant broke free from Ye Fan's grasp. "Today, I'll..."
"Forget it," the nobleman raised his hand and signaled.
"Hmph! Our young master won't bother with you, consider yourself lucky." The attendant muttered dismissively and returned to the nobleman's side.
The nobleman said nothing more and prepared to leave with his attendant.
Ye Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he met someone reasonable.
If he had encountered a villain from a typical pretentious novel at this hour, the trouble would have been immense.
It wasn't that Ye Fan feared what the other party might do to them, but he feared what the two old men might do to the other party...
"Wait, you can't leave," Ye Fan's relief was cut short as Master Xie Yan spoke.
"It was wrong for the Second Elder to bump into you, but Ye Fan has already apologized."
Master Xie Yan stared intently at the nobleman.
"We were wrong and we've apologized, but you hitting people is also wrong, shouldn't you apologize as well?"
Ye Fan almost choked to death!
Good heavens!
What are you doing, old man?
Can't you give me a moment's peace?