Yuan Tiangang wondered if he had somehow been given away as a bonus when recharging his account.
The only son of the Master of Kuanglong Hall, yet he was assigned to assist the youngest junior sister in the sect!
Jiang Ke’er, on the other hand, was utterly shocked by the name Yuan Tiangang.
Could this Yuan Tiangang be that historical figure — the number one physiognomist in history, who helped write the timeless prophecy classic Tui Bei Tu, served as the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, and whose fame surpassed even Yan Liben’s?
It couldn’t be such a coincidence, could it?!
Jiang Ke’er laughed bitterly — Yan Liben, the greatest painter of early Tang, was her student, and now the greatest physiognomist in history was her assistant.
Thinking more carefully — Li Shimin called her “big sister,” and Empress Changsun was her close friend.
Had she dozed off in history class and dreamed this absurd dream?
Going even further — was she going to end up teaching Li Bai how to write poetry next? Or instruct Gongsun Da-niang in sword dancing?
This was really too ridiculous.
Both Jiang Ke’er and Yuan Tiangang were thoroughly confused, but in the end, they had no choice but to accept the Master’s arrangement.
“Have you suffered much down at the foot of the mountain these days? Were you bullied? Did you miss your Shifu?”
Yiqin Shifu chattered endlessly like a nagging elder as she accompanied Jiang Ke’er back to Lingyin Valley.
“All is well~ I missed you!”
“You missed me and didn’t come back sooner!”
“Want to play outside a few more days?”
“You little brat!”
Back in Lingyin Valley, Yiqin was curious, but seeing the deep exhaustion on Jiang Ke’er’s face, she refrained from asking what had happened over the past few days and simply took her to the Small Bamboo Hut.
Jiang Ke’er lay on her little bed, curling up in the blanket until she was wrapped like a ball, so blissful she could barely keep her eyes open.
Yiqin Shifu said nothing more and quietly left.
But Jiang Ke’er did not rest as expected. Instead, she opened the System Interface.
The Appraisal Art Enhancement Module had finally been forced out through her relentless grinding of points… It seemed you always had to pay your dues in this world. She had spent a full 200,000 points just to pull it out!
【Appraisal Art Enhancement Module: Using Appraisal Technique in Spirit Fox Form no longer consumes time, changing it to instant appraisal! Additionally, the appraisal can now see through flaws in combat moves!】
Spending all those villain points was worth it. Seeing the module’s attributes, she breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Having learned the enhancement module, although Jiang Ke’er was too tired to move, she still entered the Super Spacetime Training Field and summoned a training dummy.
These recent adventures had made her realize more deeply that strength was the ultimate truth, so she needed to seize every moment and spare not a single second.
She still firmly believed that there were always people better than oneself — even if the upcoming secret realm exploration would pit everyone at similar levels, there would be many who could beat her.
After all, she was just a weakling!
This little fox was clearly weak, so prudence was only natural, she thought.
Yes, train hard now, so when it was time to coast in a few days, she could do so more smoothly!
“She was rescued,” Dai Tian reported respectfully, kneeling with a small, pitch-black Communication Stone placed before him.
The stone was identical to the one used by Bloodpill Ancestor to call for aid.
After a brief moment of thought, Dai Tian added, “But the rescuer seems to be Yuan Shouyi, Master of Taiming Sect…”
The other party appeared to be pondering.
Dai Tian waited a long time before hearing a young man’s voice through the stone: “As expected… you did well.”
Receiving praise, Dai Tian lowered himself even further, unwilling to show any pride.
Lucky bag? The master behind the lucky bag?
Compared to the person in front of him, whether in skill, power, or background… it was like an amateur showing off to a master.
“She’s much easier to deal with than expected. She thinks everything will go according to her plan, so breaking conventional logic will at least make her reveal a weakness…” The young man’s voice was playful, “Her strength lay in mystery; now that protection is gone, she’s nothing.”
Dai Tian’s spirit lifted, sensing the young man was confident about crushing the opponent!
“Do you remember what she looks like?”
“Yes,” Dai Tian answered immediately.
“Find her and kill her directly.”
Dai Tian was shocked and asked, “Wouldn’t killing this small pawn make it harder to trace back to the mastermind?”
“There is no mastermind,” the young man sighed, “Yuan Shouyi, that stubborn old conservative, would never risk the sect’s destruction to save an irrelevant pawn… Either the rescued is very important to him, or very important to Taiming Sect. Either way, killing her is a gain.”
“Could it be…” Dai Tian was stunned, “That little girl… no way?!”
“It’s not impossible,” the young man paused, “Shenzhou Vastlands always produces a few oddballs each year… For such ambitious little ones who think they can join the game by talent alone, the best solution is to snuff out as many as possible.”
Oddballs? Aren’t you one yourself?
Of course, Dai Tian didn’t dare say that.
“A player must live to make a move,” the young man chuckled softly, “If you can’t win on the board, kill her off it, then you naturally win.”
“…”
In terms of ruthlessness, Dai Tian only respected this young man.
The entire Dan Sect Alliance’s current glory was thanks to him… Without his aid, could a few pill-crazy nerds be so carefree today?
“Go find her. If I’m right, she’s still in Taiming Sect.”
The young man finished speaking and ended the communication.
Jiang Ke’er could never understand one question.
Why had Dai Tian suddenly changed his mind and decided to kill without hesitation?
From the situation back then, such an action brought no benefit to Kuanglong Hall, and according to the logic she had pieced together… it would bring disaster upon them!
Yet he still did it.
Even at the cost of the entire Kuanglong Hall, he wanted Jiang Ke’er dead.
The sole purpose was to disrupt the plan and timing of the mastermind behind her.
But the risk was enormous. The Dan Sect Alliance wouldn’t dare, and Kuanglong Hall didn’t seem capable of such a move.
This behavior was clearly aimed at the mastermind fabricated by Xia Ji Ba and didn’t want that person to successfully connect with the major pill cultivator sects or control them.
Jiang Ke’er pondered deeply.
Such an action was of no benefit to Kuanglong Hall unless Kuanglong Hall itself harbored ambitions to control the major pill cultivator sects.
But Kuanglong Hall was already overwhelmed.
Apparently, there was something she had overlooked.
Among these dozen or so sects, there was a hidden power lurking in the shadows, deeply displeased with Jiang Ke’er’s actions.
It had ambitions to swallow the entire Dan Sect Alliance and wouldn’t tolerate any outsiders interfering… or perhaps, it was his.
Jiang Ke’er smiled wryly and flicked her sword to deflect the training dummy’s attack.
She had figured it out.
“Pftt—”
“Ugh—”
The dagger pierced Jiang Ke’er’s chest. The training dummy gave her a disdainful glare — dare to be distracted while fighting me?
Death count +1.
Jiang Ke’er glanced bitterly at the death record in the top right corner. The count was nearing five digits… When would she finally clear this level?
【Host, would you like to reduce difficulty?】
“No!”
I refuse to believe in such nonsense!
Today, I’m going to beat you for good!