Chapter Nine: I’m Probably About to Get Beaten Up

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True Lord Leng Feng’s heart melted completely as his daughter’s soft little hand covered his mouth—undeniably the tender affection of an old father. He nodded repeatedly, coaxing her gently.

“Wuwu, Dad won’t say anything more. Come on, let’s go see who that old fellow from the Wan Dan Sect has brought along.”

[After you turned demon, you led the demon cultivators to massacre almost all disciples of the Wan Dan Sect, and issued an order to hunt down all Wan Dan disciples for one hundred thousand years.

The pride of the Wan Dan Sect, Lu Zhiyi, a newly risen prodigy alchemist, tormented by unrequited love for you and the destruction of his sect, forcibly ingested medicinal pills that burned his life force to increase his cultivation, challenging you solely seeking death.]

[Redemption task: defeat him, spare his life, and revoke the one hundred thousand year manhunt order against the Wan Dan Sect disciples.

Reward: Tenfold comprehension in alchemy!]

Jiang Wan clicked her tongue. Seriously, was this something she would actually do?

They even arranged for a tragic romance. And that Lu Zhiyi—what was that about? The demon cultivators annihilate his sect, yet he suffers unrequited love and seeks death at their hands.

Tsk, tsk...

Wait a moment, she was supposed to defeat him later, right?

Hopefully, he wasn’t older than three years old now, or it would be hard to make a move, mainly because she was afraid she might lose.

Brought to meet the senior guests, Jiang Wan immediately spotted a middle-aged man in black-and-white alchemist robes, with a small child by his side.

She had to say it—the kid looked older than her.

“True Lord Yanlu, is this child by your side your new disciple? You never mentioned him before.”

True Lord Yanlu smiled and gave the child a little shove forward, causing the boy to stumble almost falling.

The child, dressed in black-and-white Taoist robes, flushed slightly and clenched his small fists at his chest, speaking in a tender voice:

“I am junior disciple Lu Zhiyi, greetings to Sect Master Leng Feng and junior sister.”

True Lord Leng Feng set Jiang Wan down.

“My little daughter’s name is Jiang Wan. Since you are close in age, here is a gift upon meeting. You two can go out and play together.”

He then took out a talisman and handed it to young Lu Zhiyi. The child glanced at his master.

Seeing his master nod, he reached out and took the talisman, thanking them politely.

“Thank you, True Lord Leng Feng!”

True Lord Yanlu also produced an alchemy furnace, flying it in front of Jiang Wan.

“This is an alchemical cauldron I brought from an ancient cave dwelling, bearing the Vermilion Bird totem, suitable for a little girl.”

True Lord Leng Feng frowned slightly but seeing his daughter looking at him, nodded:

“True Lord Yanlu gave it to you. Take it and go play with Lu Zhiyi.”

Jiang Wan sensed the atmosphere between her father and the Wan Dan Sect leader was somewhat strange, not as harmonious as with the Wan Jian Sect leader.

“All right, Daddy, I’ll take Senior Brother Lu out to play!

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I will take good care of Senior Brother Lu.”

After speaking, she reached out and took young Lu Zhiyi’s hand, rushing outside.

She needed to find a secluded place. For the sake of the reward, she would have to put him through some hardship first—the blame was hers to bear.

It was the first time young Lu Zhiyi had ever been held by the hand, and he ran freely and joyfully.

A pure, childish smile gradually appeared on his face.

“Junior Sister Wanwan, where are we going?”

Jiang Wan ran with her short legs, glancing around as she went.

“Of course, to find somewhere no one is, so I can make my move.”

The two ran into a pear blossom grove, where snow-white petals fell gently like snow.

Jiang Wan stopped, stunned. “Wow, it’s so beautiful here!”

Young Lu Zhiyi’s eyes widened as he admired the scene, then suddenly a big fist swung at him, and everything went black before his eyes.

Hidden in the shadows, Purple Fragrance, who was protecting her junior sister, was petrified.

Was this really the sweet, adorable, well-behaved junior sister she had been holding moments ago?

Jiang Wan quickly checked the surroundings, finding no one, and hurriedly helped young Lu Zhiyi up.

“Big brother, big brother, are you okay? Wake up quickly, don’t die!

As long as you wake up, I will lift the one hundred thousand year manhunt order against your Wan Dan Sect.”

No sooner had she said this, young Lu Zhiyi slowly opened his eyes, filled with confusion and bewilderment.

What just happened?

Why did he faint?

“I just… you hit me?”

Jiang Wan lowered her head guiltily.

“I wanted to test who was stronger, but I didn’t expect you to be so weak—you fainted from just one hit.”

Weak? Weak?

Young Lu Zhiyi looked at her sadly, a little heartbroken. Fine, he admitted he was weak.

“I’ll become very strong in the future. But I can make pills. Look, this is a Qi-nourishing pill I made myself, for you!”

Jiang Wan was surprised as he handed her a pill bottle.

“How old are you? You’re already alchemizing pills?”

Lu Zhiyi blushed, embarrassed.

“I’m already five years old. I started learning alchemy when I entered the third level of Qi Refinement.

Oh, I also have candies I made myself. Here, have some.”

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Jiang Wan took the Qi-nourishing pill and candies from his hand.

“You’re definitely not three years old.

To be able to alchemize at five, what a genius!

Promise me you’ll live well from now on, so we can grow up and cultivate into strong warriors together!”

Lu Zhiyi’s eyes sparkled as he asked, “Together?”

Jiang Wan nodded. “Yes, together.

You grow up in your sect, I grow up in mine. Isn’t that growing up together?”

Lu Zhiyi tilted his head, thinking.

“That sounds right. Okay, I promise to live well, grow up with you, and cultivate to become strong together!”

[Redemption progress took another big step forward, successfully lifting the one hundred thousand year manhunt order against the Wan Dan Sect.

Lu Zhiyi joined the sect at age three and grew up under his master’s cruel discipline, often beaten for the slightest fault.

He fell in love with a rebellious demon like you and nearly fell into the demonic path, but now with renewed will to live, you have given him hope and courage.

Task complete. Reward: Tenfold comprehension in alchemy.]

Tenfold comprehension in alchemy was already very good. Seeing him clench his little fist, Jiang Wan clenched hers too, tapping it against his fist.

“Crack!”

Young Lu Zhiyi grunted softly.

“Mm!”

Jiang Wan froze. Ah, she hadn’t used much strength, so how did she break his wrist? This was bad, really bad.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Does it hurt? It must hurt a lot, right?

I didn’t mean to, I didn’t expect this to happen. What should I do, what should I do?”

Young Lu Zhiyi’s small face turned pale with pain. Seeing her distress, he reached out with his other hand to comfort her.

“Junior Sister Wanwan, it’s okay. It doesn’t hurt much. I can endure it.”

Jiang Wan thought: what nonsense is this kid saying? He’s just a little child. Who told him to endure it?

Purple Fragrance, still hiding in the shadows, noticed something was wrong and quickly came forward to check.

Seeing that her little junior sister had broken the child’s hand, Purple Fragrance gasped quietly and hurried to find a way to help.

Just as she was about to use spiritual power to heal him, two True Lords arrived outside the pear blossom courtyard.

Jiang Wan thought: this is it, I’m probably going to get beaten up!