I Just Want To Go Home and Collect The Rent!

At the outer forest near a big city, Calvin walked out from a void crack . Behind him, Bruce and Astrid followed him silently.

After a short silent, Calvin open his eyes. His face started to get soured.

"Oh no.... Not this realm"

He wanted to cry but no tears can be squished.

"Cultivator realm, master?" Bruce try to hold his laugh, but small air still leaking out.

"What is cultivator realm, master?" Astrid looked at Calvin blankly.

"It's.... Haaah.... I'll tell you later."

Calvin started to walk to the city.

"5 silver coins each person, sir." The guard ask the entry tolls politely, which is make Calvin shocked. These lowlifes usually arrogant to commoners, yet they treat him like a potential customer, was something that he never met from previous trips.

"This is weird...." Calvin mumbling and try to search something from his jacket's pocket. He took three silver stones then handle it to the guard.

"I'm sorry sir, but we lost everything at the Forest, so can we pay with this?"

The guard took the smallest stone and examine it.

"This stone has value around 35 silver coin sir, you can keep the rest and we will return the exchange."

Calvin shocked again with this. This is really really weird. They were too honest. They should just take the rest and being a little corrupt.

"No no no, just keep the exchange, i have trouble you enough. We're tired and starving, so can we enter now?"

"Why thank you sir, you may enter right away. If you want to exchange the silver, you can visit any chamber of commerce inside the city. All commercial services are certified by the kingdom, so you wont get conned or cheated." The guard smile and gesture them to enter the city. Which is gave Calvin another shock wave in his brain.

There was a small inn at the corner of the city, side by side with the city wall.

Calvin sat at the chair at the inn's dining table. His body lay motionless on the table. It was at noon, so the room was barely empty.

"Master, why are you hate this realm so much?" Astrid couldn't hold her curiosity.

Sighing weakly, Calvin lift his head.

"Astrid, how many realms you've been faced so far?"

"Let's see..... Ten? No, twelve..? Bruce, how many are they?"

"35 normal realms. None are cultivator realm."

"And..." Bruce start to tremble. His eyes glowing with madness, fear, and exhausted, "3 void zones."

Hearing the void zones, even Astrid's body started to shake.

"Hey buddy, you are a Void God too, why are you so scare bout your home? It doesn't make sense" Calvin look at Bruce weirdly.

"MASTER! I was just created as void god! After traveling with you i've been poisoned with this life experiences. I will never want to back to that cold empty place."

"Hah... I am that bad isn't it, even a god could be corrupted like this.." Calvin stare at Bruce with his lazy eyes.

"Hahahaha.... No no no, you are the best boss i've ever see," Bruce laughling happily. He remember how Calvin made a God's face as a broom and sweeping over all his palace. This kind adventure was worth to be expected.

Soon, Astrid back to the reality.

"3 void realms? THREE? Aaaaa....." Her scream shocked everyone in the room.

Bruce jumped behind her and knocking her head.

BAAMMMM!!!

The inn shook litely.

"Earth calling Astrid... Earth calling Astrid...", Calvin tapping Astrid's head that still bobbling by the blow.

"Huaaa.... Master! Please don't go the zone again! Please please please!"

"You're a demon lord, the undefeatable, the mighty god-eater, and you're scared by a mere void? Cih, you are a disappointment."

"Said the god who fear of his own home, you are a disgrace."

Another banter between the two is like a bgm for Calvin. His lifeless eyes start to wondering around. After a few moment, while staring at invisible dot at the ceiling, "Astrid, you want to know why this realm is suck?"

Both of them are stop at the same time and look at Calvin.

"See that man at the corner, in this realm, he could be a strong assassin in mission. His target could be the city lord or someone at the government."

The man at the corner shake his glass slightly hearing Calvin's word. Then he just raise his glass to him and continue his drinking.

"See the girl cleaning the table? She could be an exiled princess from other kingdom. She's waiting for helpers to reclaim her throne and avenge her enemies."

The girl keep cleaning the table like she didn't hear Calvin words. But no one saw a drop of tear falling at the table that soon be wiped by the cloth.

"And the owner over there, he could be an immortal that has his cultivation destroyed by his rival. He's recuperating to get back to his realm, seeking a bloody vengeance."

The owner look at Calvin and smile politely.

"You see the beggar outside? He could be a sect master from top tier sect, try to find his successor. And he carried stuff like talisman or artifacts that can blow this city apart no matter how great the defense they have."

The sleeping beggar tremble slighty.

"You see, everything and everyone can be the source of trouble. That's why this realm is shitty one." Calvin drinks his glass after the long speech. A total silence. After the long silence, Calvin start to tremble.

"Bwuahahahaha.... I can't believe you trust my words Astrid, are you sure you are a demon? You are as gullible as a kid"

Something has snapped out.

"You... You... Bastard! How could you trick me? Damn master, i will beat you to death! Bruce, release me! Release ME! If i don't beat him today, i will be his slave for life!"

Bruce was smirking while holding her.

"You are his slave for life, so how could you say that?"

"Ah..."

One point for Bruce!

After a while, Astrid suddenly remember something.

"Say master, how you could tell someone is a cultivator or not? You're not just wild guessing aren't you?"

"Of course not, look at them, is there anything special on them?"

Astrid examining all of them. Her stare make them uncomfortable.

"No, nothing seems special."

"Sigh.... Look again. They're all good looking. Even that beggar can't hide his good feature."

Calvin's words make a whole situation put on pause state. Everyone look at each other in dismay. What kind of logic is this?

"From the first state of cultivation, anyone will be upgraded. Their flaws will be diminished. Higher cultivator will be more good looking than before. Even the most sinister shit will has a good looking prep."

Astrid looking at Calvin for a few minutes. This man is at his 40ish, with 180cm in height and 87kgs in weights. His body was a little bulky. And his face, well, it's so average that any mangaka won't be bothered to draw.

"Master, dont tell me your hatred was caused by your appearance?"

Another stun bomb. Calvin was caught off guard. He stared at her or a long time. then another sigh was escaped from him.

"Do you know how it's feel being stared like an alien whenever you walk in the city? Those immortals bastard was looking down on me just because what, i'm ugly? I'm not ugly, I'm limited edition for fuck sake!"

Everyone holds their laugh hearing this group chat. But they realized that every cultivators were indeed has good looking.

"Heh..heh..hehehehe.... That's it! We're back to the void! Say good bye to this shitty place!", Calvin jumped off his chair and raising his right hand, accumulating power to smack the floor beneath him.

"Noooo....!"

Both Astrid and Bruce holding Calvin's hands. Another mayhem was about to start when suddenly a group of young men enter the inn.

"Wow... Another old plot is happening. What an odd." It was sarcasm from Calvin.

Calvin and the gang stop their acts and move to their original place.

"What's the plot, master?" Astrid felt curious since she never enter this kind of realm.

"They were second generations rich family. One of them has a crush on princess over there and will harassing her every day. At the direst situation, someone will pop up and beat them to near death. Then someone stronger will come to the rescue them, then it will be get escalated until their family get destroyed."

Astrid's eyes open wide hearing Calvin's story. Well, not just her, everyone in that room including the beggar outside looked amazed by his imagination.

"Mister, are you living in the stone age?" One of the young men walking to Calvin and take a seat in front of him.

"That's story maybe would happened at the ancient time, but these days, no one will act like that."

"Huh...." Calvin dumbfounded. Why is this not like what he thought?

"You see, we, cultivators are all tied in karmas. Bad karma will bring heavy tribulations in the future. No one wants to fail and dead just because they can't restraint their emotions. Even the number one evil sect, the Evil Eyes sect members wont kill randomly just for minor dispute. They're more reasonable than those loose cultivators."

The beggar outside was nodding his head hearing the young man's words. Huh? Why I'm nodding? Hope no one saw me nodding, or they know my identity.

"So you won't harass her?"

"Of course not. I'm just want to ask her a date. If she refuse today then i will just ask her another day. It's legal for someone to like you, but it's illegal to forced someone to like you."

A righteous aura emerge from the young man's body, shining mildly to his surrounding. Everyone, except Calvin's gang, astounded by the light.

"Young master Tang is a Heaven seed!"

"By heaven, our city will be blessed for generations!"

"Hmph... Another Heavenly Chosen. Tell your friends to leave and you stay here, i have something to ask you personally," Calvin grumpily ask him.

Young master Tang stunned for a few moment, then look at his friends.

"Brothers, this mister want to have business with me, so i'm sorry i can't follow you to Sparkling Rose Inn. Brother Chu take this as my treats. Spend them all."

Tang Shen gave a bag of money to Chu Yan. His eyes are glimmering after feeling the weight of the bag.

"Brother Tang is so generous, we will spend it wisely, hahahaha.... Come on brothers, we will have a very very long night this time."

After the courtesy and everyone left, Tang Shen sat down at the opposite of Calvin.