filled with nothing substantial

tell her about the buff she knows about the system

I get that these chapters are world building and setting things up for what's to come, but

didn't he teleport in while wearing the necklace of authority this time?

they wouldn't believe it at all

as you said, their sense of time may very well be distorted. I'm which case, stepping out to have a look and dropping what they had at hand for a decade or two wouldn't be the end of the world to them. And with that long lifespan would also come boredom, something interesting popping up is a change of pace of nothing else. Last but not least, assuming it's a big family surely not everybody has their hands full all the time.

the saint beasts are just that though, saints. If they get outnumbered, they won't necessarily be they much help. they're not invincible on the continent.

while I realize this, if the elders of his family get intrigued enough they might just drop by to see for themselves how interesting Alex really is

why is he raising flags?

it's really being dragged out

the mysterious senior with his clan probably

alright, so the old fogeys are gonna overstep their bounds. Alex is gonna flee, then when shen jin comes back possibly with his elders, a few ancient families might get wiped out

I completely forgot what the point of this competition even was

wasn't this just based on how he learned sword qi?

I'm wondering why he didn't just swear an oath to the heavens that he didn't cheat, it would save so much time and effort

besides, wouldn't there be phenomena if he broke through because of his dao mastery

if people could stop deciding stuff for others,

some people have become too complacent after being in power for long

it's a big move sure, but these people were already a slight issue during the emergency ten years ago. who knows what they'll do when Alex isn't around, this way he has done guarantees at least.

that takes weeks, even for him