“My name is Huang Chen, head of the Huang Family. Inside the carriage is my wife, son, and daughter. Your mission is simple— to make sure no harm comes into their way until we arrive at our destination, the Giant’s Continent.”
“It’s about 100,000 miles from here to the Giant’s Continent, but with the ship we’re riding, it will only take a little over a week to get there, and as mentioned, you will receive ten million gold coins for your service.”
“We will give you one million gold in advance and the rest once we arrive at our destination. Of course, you can get more than ten million gold in total with bonuses depending on your performances.”
“If any of you die while protecting my family, I will make sure to pass your money to your family for you.”
“Do any of you have any questions?”
None of the guards said anything.
“Good, then we’ll make our departure in an hour. We’ll be waiting for you at dock number 9. If you’re all ready before then, we can leave early.”
Huang Chen entered the carriage afterward and left the scene without waiting for them.
And since Yuan had nothing else to do, he immediately followed them to the docks.
There were five other bodyguards besides Yuan that had passed the test, four men and one woman, and they were all between the seventh level and eighth level Spirit Lord.
An hour later, everyone gathered at dock number 9.
The carriage was nowhere to be seen and the Huang Family was revealed in full.
There was Huang Chen, a middle-aged man with a slightly handsome appearance. Then there was Huang Xiao Li, a pretty young lady around Yuan’s age. The last two were a beautiful middle-aged woman and a little boy around seven years old.
They began lining up to board the ship shortly after everyone gathered.
Yuan looked at the front of the ship with interest as they waited to board, as there was a large serpent wrapped around the front of the ship as decoration.
“This ship is called the Raging Serpent. It’s the fastest ship available here.” Huang Xiao Li said when she noticed Yuan staring at the ship.
“Is this your first time riding on a ship?”
“I see… Let’s hope it won’t be our last,” she said, surprising him with such dark words.
After waiting around for about ten minutes, Yuan and the Huang Family were finally allowed onboard the massive ship.
The Huang Family then led them to their living quarters.
“My family and I will be living in this room— room 112. As for you guys, I have managed to arrange two rooms— room 240 and 241. I would have given each of you your own room if I could, but there wasn’t enough room available, so you’ll have to share. Anyways, each room can fit four people. You guys can decide the rest for yourselves.”
“Now for your job as our bodyguard. As long as there’s someone in this room, two of you will guard the entrance at all times. If one of us decides to leave the room for whatever reason, there will be two guards for one person at all times. Any questions?”
They all shook their heads.
“Good.” Huang Chen and his family entered their room shortly after.
“So how should we share the room?” One of the bodyguards there asked.
“Isn’t it obvious? I will take one room and the rest of you will share the other one,” said the female bodyguard.
“Didn’t you hear what Senior Huang said? We can only fit four in a room!”
“You’ll make it work,” she shrugged in an uncaring manner.
“This is why women are—”
“It’s fine, I don’t need to stay in the room.” Yuan suddenly interrupted.
“Then where are you going to rest?”
“I don’t intend on resting. I will be guarding this room until we arrive at our destination,” he said.
After all, he couldn’t risk the Huang Family getting harmed while he was resting in another room.
“You really want that bonus, huh? I admire your dedication. Alright, I will guard this room with you,” said a bulky man with muscles that looked like they were fortified with steel.
The other bodyguards didn’t try to fight for their position since they rather do less work.
Once the other guard left the scene, Yuan and the bulky man sat in front of room 112 like guard dogs.
“What’s your name, young man?” The bulky man asked him.
“I’m Qin Kai. How did you manage to get the Huang Family to accept you as their bodyguard as a Spirit Grandmaster? I thought they were only accepting Spirit Lords.”
Qin Kai was the last person to be recruited by the Huang Family, so he didn’t witness Yuan’s commotion or how he was accepted.
Yuan smiled and said, “I convinced them with my sword.”
Qin Kai stared at Yuan with a somewhat gawking look for a moment before laughing out loud, “With your sword, huh? I like you!”
After chatting with each other for a few minutes, they stopped talking to cultivate.
The ship departed from the docks about half an hour after everyone boarded, but Yuan didn’t notice it due to how still the place was.
‘I have an entire week… My cultivation should go up a few levels while I am here…’ Yuan thought to himself as he started absorbing the rich spiritual energy in the air.
However, he found it incredibly difficult to concentrate because memories of his past life would flow into his head while he tried to cultivate.
He eventually gave up trying to cultivate and focused on these memories.
“Welcome to the Immortal Monastery, where we make immortals out of mortals like you. However, you will not become disciples immediately. All of you will start out as servants, and if you can learn our cultivation technique that we provide to you in less than four years, you will be promoted to being an Outer Court disciple.” The old man that picked them up from their village said as they approached the mountain range.