It had been a week since Rex dealt with the slight annoyance that was the demon princes. He had spent the week together with his girls, enjoying himself to the fullest. He could not remember when was the last time he took a proper vacation like this. He had been runing around and solving problems and emergencies left and right. Adn he had also focused on his growth quite a bit, but with his knowledge of godlike entities, one of which is watching his life as if it was an entertainment, he was ever more convinced that he has to keep pushing forward. And with the convinience of dungeons, he had an unlimited supply of grinding material.

He had also enlightened his four Veran beauties to the magnificence of his skill in bedroom. Rex was not even phased when after the first few times, they did not hesitate to seek him out for more sessions, just like his other girls did. That was something any master wold love to see- your favourite girl, or in Rex's case girls, finding him when he has some free time and asking for some sex on their own innitiative.

Mikoto and Keiko had also been claimed fully, and the two kitsunes would always move around with Izumi and Millie. They did not have any problems with other girls either, and woudl eagerly engage in conversations, or offer their help in whatever tasks they were performing. Of course, whereever izumi went, Hana also followed. And while Rex had not fucked her silly yet, Izumi had ordered said bully to serve Rex with her mouth, and sometimes even dirrecty took over the controll, making Hana both exited and ashamed at the same time. As it turned out, Hana was quite the masochist, but due to her upbringing and pride, she had confused it as liking to inflict pain insead and lashed out at other girls at the academy. Izumi had secretly told Rex her plans, where she would feed hana to Rex once he returns from his dungeon spree in Xianxia magic China. Izumi also said she had quite the spectacle planned, but kept the details hidden. The naughty smirk on her face was enough though to envoke quite the curiosity in Rex. Still, he was patient enough, and would willingly wait for the suprise Izumi was preparing.

Rex was prepared now to get on his journey. It would serve double purpose. First, Rex would bet to explore and grind two new dungeons, gather other rare ingridients, since he had quite the use for them- some of his girls had picked up alchemy and other finer crafting proffesions, and they would love to eventually have the high grade materials on hand to further develop their crafts. Speaking of crafts, the tailor mother of one of his five sect girls he picked up ahd chosen to join her daughter, and now was happily spending her time in Rex mansions Servants quarters, where she now had quite the workshop for herself. The five cultivator girls were also asigned to help her out, so their tailoring and outfits were always top notch and well made. The woman was overjoyed when she started to experience the live here, and had thanked so much to Rex, he had to drag teh woman to her feet and reprimand her for the kneeling.

As for the second reason, that incidentaly was just as, if not even more important than the first. It was a way to make a great distinction between Rex and Neo, since he could return here through his world shard unnoticed, have some audiences in the evening, and have Neo keep exploring the dungeons. Such a clear division would ensure no one would think that both could be too related, besides their business transactions, and mutual trust.

With Victor, Brogni and Eredar in the know, and having spent almost half an hour in some quick last second kissing with his girls, Rex bade them farewell, and left his mansion to cross the gates to reach the first of his targets as soon as possible. He would start his diving in the dungeon of Xian- Wu. From what he remembers, that dungeon had quite the variety of mythical monsters, and his plan was to dive deep enough to encounter hydras and farm for their blood. The blood of said monster was considered one of the best ingridients in creating potions and elixirs that could even regrow limbs- something that was very rare and expensive luxury.

Such services were for the most part only offered by S class and above healers, and those were incredibly rare, even with the relative abundance of healing magic users. As Rex remembered, healing magic was much more common, than other kinds, so while parties would rerely have mages, they woudl always have healers and priests to maintain the health of said party. Soon Rex stepped through the gate connecting his last location to Xian-Wu, and just moment later Vivian stepped out of the portal too. Indeed, Vivian was traveling with Rex to solve most of the annoying parts of his adventure. He was slightly worried that The sects would have a problem with him arriving in their territories once again, but thanks to Vivian contacting her sect, and feeding some before decided preplanned info, they were more than welcomed to visit- all thanks to the words Tyrant Dragon sect had used to convince others to not get in his way.

Vivian also wanted to use the opportunity to talk with her grandfather and check up on her sect. Rex had weakened them significantly in their last clash, but since Vivian was with him, that fact alone ensured no other sect would act hastily, risking to draw the ire of such a monster.Neo was gaining notoriety in these lands, as rumors circulated as how effortlesly he forced the Tyrant Dragon sect to bend to his demands and surrender.

There were also movements in the shadows from other grand sects in thsese lands, searching for more information and ways to either aquire or controll such a powerfull entity. As with any and all old coots who had quite the delusions of grandeure, they believed it was just a matter of time and right price to bend the man. The other three 'godesses', who were on par with Vivian were also seen more often in public. Another rumor spoke of their interest in this mysterious and powerfull young expert who could enchant one of their rivals.

Of course most young masters were also quite jelous of said man, sine he had not only got his hands on one of their four idols, but was actively searched for by the other three. He had become the enemy nuber one of the younger adult males in said nation. Might makes right, and the power was one of the main deciding factors of a mans atractiveness in such a world. Sure, Rex was no god of handsomeness, on the contrarym he innitially looked very average, but just like with his girls, the constant consumption of both earth and heaven grade meat had purified their bodies, so now while still no god of beauty, he was more pleasing to ones eyes. His skin was now much healthier, complexion better from taking better care and being pampered by his women, and his hair looked neat and healthy. Vivian had even joked a few times on their way here that if he were to grow out his hair, like it was often worn here, he could become quite the playboy and brake heart after heart. Comment to whick Rex just chuckled and added his own retort that he was satisfied enough to break her mind in their bedrrom whenever they were having fun. That caused a pout and no effort light knuckle pounding on his chest by Vivian. An action, that both knew, was nothing more than playfull flirting, and would end in quite a passionate session one they decide on a place to 'stay'.

Rex would rent a room, that he would then envelop in a barrier so no one could peek inside or disrupt them, then enter his world shard where he woule either meet his girls to have some fun or would jump out in Blythe to attend a small random meeting that the blood mage Rex had finaly accepted. Still, they did have a small stop before they continiued with their hunt for a proper inn to rest in, and said stop was the residence of Xian-Wu's governor. Vivian convinced Rex to make this small visit, since he had nothing to lose, and it would show some small goodwill towards the local authorities. Something Rex did not care for, due to the difference in their power, yet he did not complain much and agreed soon enough when Vivian brought it up. The man in question had shown no hostility nor disrespect towards him, so the least he could do was return a bit of courtesy as well. Still, he warned Vivian that he would not bother himself with any of the politics adn struggles for power that was happening here. He had little faith that anything of interest could be offered, besides the other three 'godeses'. He had to admit, he only had Vivian as a lover from human race, and while he adored the exotic beauties he had aquired, he had absolutely no issues with just human women. They would stay just as beautifull for near eternity, if they continiued to consume the food Rex considered a basic necesity by now. So the prospect of adding more stunning beauities of human descent did not soudn all too bad.

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Their time spent on the way towards the governors residence was spent quite peacefully. Rex was releasing enough aura to keep all the peety thieves and fools away, and those of more noble birth were informed enough that Vivian was most likely already spoken for by an extremely powerfull and dangerous individual, so whomever she was walking with, was either dirrectly affiliated with said entity, or could be the man himself. And after the fiasco the three young masters got themselves into in the Long- Shu city, noone else was willing to try their luck.

Once in front of the residence, they were quickly invited inside by the guards who recognized Vivian, then were led to a cozy small room, where they were served soem fancy looking tea and some snacks, and in just a few minutes, Ramses Xian-Wu was entering the city, clear beads of sweat rolling down the mans face. It was quite clear he had rushed here with maximum speed, so as not to annoy his important and unexpected guests.

He bowed deeply and greeted them both, and both Rex and Vivian replied with light bows of their own. Then Vivian acted as the spokesperson of the two of them, informing the governor of their purpose in their visit, and with her words, Ramses face bloomed in a wide smile. It was quite the goodwill Vivian had shown him with Rex agreeing to her idea. While it did not change much for Rex, Ramses would try his damn hardest to acomodate the mercenary before him. And as Vivian and Ramses exchanged a few sentences, Ramses asked if they had decided where they would be staying, and when Vivian said she was still considering said topic, governor did not hesitate to offer his own services in solving said issue.

And with Vivians agreement he quickly wanted to arraneg one of the most luxurious villas that he owned in the city, but when Vivian said they would like a small place, since they woudl spend abrely any time in said place, only occasionally sleeping, she would hate to waste a perfectly fien adn spacious villa to no use and proper possible tenants. And with Rex's agreement to Vivians specifications, governor aranged for a small cottage that looked just magical to be their personal quarters during their stay here. They were also assigned a couple of slave girls who would take care of the cleaning duties in said cottage and would maintain it in perfect condition.

Rex and Vivian did not mind that, as the girls would only visit their lodging at certain days and certain times, so they would not inconvinience the two, so they had no reason to refuse. Rex also mentioned that depending on his luck and mood upon exit, he might sell some of his gains here, making teh governor even more happy. And with their little visit and greeting concluded, they left the residence, guided by one of the slave girls assigned to the cleaning duties. It did not take too long untill they arrived at their destination, and both Rex and Vivian had to admit, the small cottage indeed looked very cozy and nice.

With her duty for the time fulfilled, teh slaev girl bowed to the two guests and left once they entered the cottage. With no one esle present, Rex made sure of that, he still evoked the barrier around the place, and when he was sure said barrier was well strenghtened, an action that took a few dozen minutes, the tow of them entered his world shard to spend the night there. And as he expected, a few of his girls were already there with mischievous smiles on their faces. Rex just shrugged, took Vivian in his arms and went along with the girls. Why would he not, its not like there was any harm, on the contrary, only pleasure and bliss awaited.

Rex awoke next morning quite early as ussual, hsi body long since developed past the need to sleep, so any little sleep he still had was purely out due to the magnificent feeling of drifting of to sleep in the arms of a few beautifull women. Rex cautiosuly untangled himself from his girls and just as carefully took Vivian in his arms, and in a princess carry he brough her to the bathroom, where the woman slowly awoke as Rex was diligently washing himself and her. After a nice and relaxing bath, both left the world shard. They returned to the cottage where they switched places with one of his human maids who ahd slept in the bed in their place, to make sure it looked used, and not arise any other weird suspicions. Then Rex dispelled the barrier and both left their temporary residence in Xian-Wu city. Rex walked with her untill they reached gate district, where Vivian entered, her plan to return to her sect and have a talk with her grandfather and learn more of the current situation in their lands. Rex meanwhile would head to the dungeon and try to rushe to the deeper floors since therewas almost no chance he would find something interesting enough for him to enjoy in the lower floors.

With the information he had aquired during his talk with the governor and signs that were placed all around the city, he spent almost no time whatsoever to reach the dungeon. Who, just like the one in Blythe had adventurer guild members parked near the entrance. Rex spent no time and said top the two men sitting at the table before they coudl even open their mouths

"Buzz off, not a part of your guild." Adn with that said he just ignored them and proceeded to enter the dungeon. And luckaly enough, teh two adventurer guild members only frowned at his words and did nothing else. They knew better than to stuff their noses in things that did not concern them, especially since they knew that teh godess Vivian had been sighted in this city, indicating that the scary freak she was courting could also be here. They had heard the rumors of the three young masters and the consequences they faced after they offended said man, so any new face was a possible sleeping dragon they did not wish to enrage.

Without any additional interferance, Rex closed in on the gate, and entered it, allowing himslef to be pulled by the familair feeling of dungeon gates. Rex had noticed his growing understanding of the principles behind the magic fueling said gates ever since he raised hsi affinity to space magic. He had come to apreciate said phenomenon more with each of his descent into dungeons. The second thing that fascinated him was the database said mechanisms somewhat stored, since one could skip the upper floors and descent dirrectly to the deepest floor they had exited through another gate. That implied some sort of identification that was unique for each adn every person enterign said dungeon, as well as the ability to store insane amounts of data, to be able to track all those people and their current progress. It was more than impressive, and if he could replicate a similar system, the was it could be utilised would be countless. He could even consider creating an organization that did not consist of only people branded by him, to ensure loyality and reliability.

Said thoughts rushed through his mind in just mere seconds, the time it took for him to arrive on the first floor of this new dungeon. Rex took a deep breath as he feeled out the innitial area of this place. He could feel that it was lower starting level than the dungeon in Blythe. It was both a blessing and a curse. On the bright side, even weaker adventurers could delve the innitial floors to earn some coin, thus reducing the possibility of crime, since more people alwasy had the option of dungeon delving to earn themselves a living.

The downside for Rex was that unfortunately he woudl have to scale more floors to reach the so called deep levels. This duneon was ranked E, basicly the lowest there was, so he would have to scale fourty to fifthy floors to reach the deep floors- Raid tier. Rex just took in the surroundings as he mused this over. He could already feel the treasure calling out to him. He had somehow missed the most crucial part regarding the dungeon he had entered.