Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Inside the secluded farm, Lin Anlan and Su Yang spent a few days farming, learning how to grow vegetables and care for fruit trees. Gradually, they became quite adept at it, but their cooking skills never improved. They tried cooking twice, but the dishes were either too salty or too bland. The second time, they almost set the house on fire. Su Yang had no choice but to refuse Lin Anlan any more access to the stove, fearing that Lin Anlan would burn their little house down.

After spending several days together, as the two got to know each other better, Su Yang formally introduced his spirit beast, the Sky-Splitting Tiger, to Lin Anlan. Following Su Yang's command, Xiao Ju, who had always lived in cat form, radiated light. After the light dissipated, an incomparably powerful Sky-Splitting Tiger appeared before Lin Anlan. Upon seeing the Sky-Splitting Tiger, Lin Anlan instinctively activated her elemental power to try to resist the pressure of the S-rank ferocious beast. Because she did not have a spirit beast, she was unaware that a spirit beast with a contract could control its own pressure when it was not hostile. On the contrary, after activating her elemental power, the Sky-Splitting Tiger thought that Lin Anlan was going to attack it and instinctively released its pressure.

Sensing the pressure, Su Yang quickly stepped forward to soothe the Sky-Splitting Tiger, allowing it to control its aura. Lin Anlan, noticing the pressure had disappeared, released her elemental power and smiled sheepishly, "I have no experience, so..."

"It's alright." Su Yang said while grooming the Sky-Splitting Tiger, "I believe you'll soon have your own spirit beast too. By the way, what about that egg? Has it been hatching lately?"

"I'm stuck on the second floor, and I don't know what to do."

"Oh, my bad, I didn't ask you often enough." Su Yang slapped his forehead. He didn't know the proper way to hatch a ferocious beast egg either, so he could only share his experience with Lin Anlan in the hope that it would help: "You can try sleeping with it every day. That's what I did, and that's how the Sky-Splitting Tiger hatched. I just don't know if it will work on the Rock-Bladed Beast's egg."

"Then I'll try your method. Shall we go to the city today? I'd like to visit the market too." Lin Anlan looked at Su Yang longingly, like a little girl wanting her favorite toy.

"It's getting a bit late today, how about we go early tomorrow morning? The four of us can go together," Su Yang suggested, glancing at the sky.

"Okay!" Besides Lin Anlan, Die'er and Linglong also said in unison.

......

While the Kingdom of Delin was still discussing the selection of the city lord, a secret letter from the Tianyun Empire had already been sent to the island. A guard belonging to the Tianyun Empire knocked on the city lord's office with the letter. After a long time without a response, the guard tried to push the door open, but the office door was locked. Seeing that he could not open the door, the guard had no choice but to leave with the letter. As he turned around, he bumped into someone. The guard thought it was a maid or some other servant and was about to curse when he looked closely and realized that it was the city lord, Yin Tianbao!

"Lord City Lord!" the guard said nervously, straightening his body and giving a standard salute. Yin Tianbao valued these things very much. When he first took office, because one of his guards did not perform the salute properly, everyone in the city lord's mansion was required to learn the complicated etiquette within a day.

"Hmm, it's alright. Go ahead, what is it?" Yin Tianbao said kindly.

Hearing Yin Tianbao's amiable tone, the guard was somewhat puzzled, but dared not delay in replying, and immediately said, "Yes, Lord City Lord, the Empire's secret letter has arrived." After saying that, he took out the secret letter from his pocket and presented it with both hands.

Yin Tianbao took the secret letter: "Okay, I understand. You may leave." After watching the guards leave, Yin Tianbao went into his office, opened the secret letter, and read: "The Kingdom of Delin is about to take over the island. The handover date is undetermined. Quickly organize the transportation of the last batch of crystals and iron ore and bring them back to the Empire as soon as possible."

After reading the secret letter, Yin Tianbao called out to the door, "Someone come here." Soon after, a guard entered in response. Yin Tianbao looked up and said, "Summon the new maid. I have something to tell her."

After waiting for a while, the guard led several maids in and then left. Yin Tianbao glanced at them, keeping only two maids behind, and dismissed the rest. Once everyone had left, Yin Tianbao quickly said:

"This is a copy of the secret letter sent by the Tianyun Empire to Yin Tianbao. You must deliver this letter to the Director as soon as possible."

One of the maids took the handwritten letter, quickly stuffed it into her clothes, tidied herself up, and then left the office in an orderly fashion.

After the guards who had delivered the secret message returned to their posts, they chatted with their companions about Yin Tianbao during their break: "Hey, I haven't seen the city lord for a few days. I feel like the city lord is acting strangely today."

"Shh! Are you out of your mind? Criticizing the city lord is a serious crime. Be careful, or the city lord will punish you," another guard said.

The guard looked around guiltily and then said, "As long as you don't report me, it'll be fine. You know, earlier when I went to deliver a letter to the city lord, I knocked on the door but the city lord wasn't there, so I thought I'd wait until he was there before giving it to him. But when I turned around, I bumped into the city lord."

The other guard was surprised to hear this. He looked the guard up and down and said doubtfully, "Are you kidding me? You bumped into the city lord, how come you're still standing here unharmed?"

"That's the strange thing I was talking about. According to the rules of the city lord, this is already a great disrespect. I didn't expect that the city lord would not only not punish me, but also kindly tell me that it's okay. Isn't that strange?"

"Hmm...that's quite strange. Why are you so concerned? It's already a blessing that you haven't been punished. What, are you eager to be punished?"

"That's true."

"Yeah, I think you just want to be a jerk."

......

The next morning, Su Yang and his group of four finished breakfast early and went to the third floor of Bailu City to browse the market. When Die'er and Lin Anlan arrived at the women's goods section, they were like ferocious beasts seeing food, looking at this and that, wanting everything. This made Su Yang break out in a cold sweat, thinking that he might spend all his money. Fortunately, Linglong followed quietly beside Su Yang, seemingly uninterested in any goods, only constantly touching the hairpin in her hair, as if she was afraid of losing it.

Perhaps it was because Linglong was too dazzling, but all eyes in the market were focused on Su Yang. Feeling hundreds and thousands of gazes, Su Yang felt uncomfortable, while Linglong seemed to enjoy it, even linking her arm with Su Yang's. Su Yang could clearly feel that those gazes had become somewhat hostile. The market was mostly filled with adventurers, and the brightly lit communication tags on everyone showed just how densely packed they were.

Seeing this, Su Yang thought to himself, "Won't a few losers like those in the original world's novels who try to pick up any pretty girl they see pop out at this time? I can't stand that."

Just when they feared most, a five-man all-male adventurer team blocked their path. The leader lewdly said, "Beautiful lady, why are you following a useless Purple Sun-level warrior? You have no future with him. Why don't you come with us? We are Azure-level adventurers." He then picked up a communication token from his chest, seemingly showing off, "Our team lost one member, so there's a vacancy now. You'd be perfect for our team." He then glanced sideways at Su Yang.

"Oh my god, it really exists. I'm not in someone's novel, am I..." Su Yang thought to himself, speechless.

Linglong glanced at the man, said nothing, and took Su Yang's arm, intending to walk forward. Seeing Linglong about to leave, the man grabbed her forearm and said even more lewdly, "Beauty, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Why don't you come with us to the inn for some fun? Hahahaha." Seeing the two stop, he released Linglong's forearm, swayed over to Su Yang, and said even more arrogantly, "Kid, now I'll give you two choices: either you tuck your tail between your legs and get lost, or we brothers will beat you until you're gone. You choose."

Su Yang was already afraid of communicating, and now he had encountered a thug looking for trouble. There were also many onlookers around, so he was speechless for a moment and just stood there. Seeing that Su Yang didn't speak, the man thought that Su Yang was scared, so he reached out again to pull Ling Long to his side. Just as his hand grabbed Ling Long's forearm, he heard Ling Long say coldly, "Get away."

Thinking Linglong was frightened, the man laughed even more lewdly: "Hahaha, don't be afraid, little sister, your good brothers will take good care of you." He continued to try to pull Linglong closer, but the next moment, a bright light shone from Linglong's body, and a cloud of mist surged out. Su Yang knew Linglong was angry, but it was the first time he had ever seen her angry. Fearing that the elemental power she unleashed was too great and would escalate the situation, he patted the back of Linglong's hand and said softly, "Let me do it."

Hearing Su Yang's words, Ling Long looked at him with a smile in her eyes. The mist immediately dissipated, and the situation just now had startled the man, causing him to retreat repeatedly. He hadn't expected that Ling Long, a woman without a communication token, was also an elementalist, and that the elemental reaction just now was extremely strong. But when he heard Su Yang say that he would handle it himself, he immediately flew into a rage, his lower body controlling his brain, and he cursed fiercely: "You, a mere Purple Sun-level adventurer, dare to challenge me? Brothers, let's cripple him today!"

Having said that, he and the other four team members got into position and charged forward to start the fight. Su Yang told Linglong to retreat to a distance, took a deep breath, and softly chanted, "Sword Formation." Instantly, a sword flashing with purple light appeared in Su Yang's hand. The Azure-level adventurers laughed loudly, "We thought it was some powerful move, but it's just a sword that's conjured up." Then they rushed forward to deal with Su Yang.

But a captain of a Gold-level adventurer in the crowd whispered to his team members, "This Ziyang-level newcomer is not to be underestimated. I heard that Cloud Elemental Transformation can only be used by a 6th-level Cloud Elementalist. These guys are doomed."

The members of the Azure-level squad rushed to within about three meters of Su Yang when a greatsword, also gleaming with purple light, suddenly fell from the sky, piercing the ground and halting their advance. Looking up, they saw many weapons hovering in mid-air, all gleaming with purple light. Just as the man and his companions were surprised, various weapons began to fall. Su Yang did not intend to kill them, so he did not deliberately control them, but in the chaos, these people were still injured by the falling weapons and fled in panic.

Seeing everyone flee, Su Yang also released his elemental power, leaving only traces of destruction on the road. The onlookers, seeing Su Yang's formidable strength, dispersed. Die'er and Lin Anlan approached from a distance. Lin Anlan asked Su Yang if he was alright, while Die'er went straight to Ling Long's side and whispered bluntly, "What a clever scheme! A hero saving a beauty. I really underestimated you."

Linglong rarely showed a smug expression. She rolled her eyes at Die'er and then ran to Su Yang's side to show concern, which made Die'er furious.

After things calmed down, the group lost interest in continuing their exploration and were about to leave when they saw guards from the city lord's mansion rushing over. It turned out they had received a report of adventurers fighting in the inner city and were coming to stop them. Behind the arriving guards, a person appeared that surprised Su Yang and his companions.

"Yin Tianbao!? Wasn't he dead?"