“Hello, my name is Zhu Yeqing, and my Immortal Spirit is a cute little snake. I live in the Western Great Mountains. There are five people in my family: dad, mom, younger brother, younger sister, and me. My family are tea farmers. My exam score was 599, and my ID number is…”
“Stop…! You don’t need to tell us that.”
The girl pushing our wheelchair rambled on about herself as if she wanted to reveal even the color of her underwear.
“Hehe~ Sorry, it’s my first time living in a dorm. I’m just a little excited thinking about having roommates, especially since one of them is the famous Yun Luo Xian!” The girl smiled awkwardly.
On top of her head, a small snake used as a hair tie flicked out its tongue, but it wasn’t scary.
That snake was even thinner than our little finger, with a pure white body and a pink, soft mouth. It looked incredibly cute.
“What about the other roommates?”
Zhuque College dorms were for four people. Besides me and Cluru, there was still one bed empty.
“I don’t know~ Maybe they’re out for something?”
Whatever.
Cluru and I had already picked our beds: the right side bunk beds.
I was on the top! Cluru was on the bottom!
~
“Um… Do you want me to carry you up to bed? You both look pretty badly injured.” Zhu Yeqing asked cautiously.
The look on her face was like she wanted to help but was afraid of hurting our pride… It was honestly an insult to our dignity!
“I’m fine,” I said fiercely.
“But you’re almost wrapped up like a mummy…”
“Well, I still have one hand that works!”
Five minutes later.
I started regretting choosing the top bunk.
“How about you two squeeze together?”
No way! I, the mighty Yun Immortal Sovereign, can’t even handle a little ladder?
Five minutes later.
Fine, I’ll squeeze on the bottom bunk.
Besides, the Tentacle Monster’s tentacles were sealed for now.
Since we bought the house, we’d been living separately in different rooms. It had been a long time since Cluru had been this close to me.
She trembled all over from hunger and thirst, but no matter how hard she tried, there was still a layer of gypsum stick between us.
Cluru’s gypsum stick wasn’t for bone setting. It was stuffed with medicine to help the tentacles regain their toughness.
During the last car accident, a steel cable broke from a big truck carrying steel coils weighing tons, and it rolled toward us. Thanks to Cluru grabbing the coil with her tentacles…
Otherwise, I might already be at the Qi Cultivation Stage by now.
The resentful Little Tentacle Princess bit down hard on my shoulder to vent her anger from that abrupt stop last time.
Her sharp little tiger teeth hurt like hell.
“You dog! Don’t bite!”
“You’re biting me too!”
“If you bite me again, I’ll bite you back!”
“Awwooo~!”
In the end, one head rested on the other’s shoulder, nibbling each other’s shoulders as if they were a perfect mortise and tenon joint, and fell asleep like that.
As the saying goes, “Injured muscles and bones take a hundred days to heal,” but that’s an old-world belief.
Modern Immortal Spirit power has many ways to speed up healing. In truth, Cluru and I had almost fully recovered, but we still kept the gypsum for safety.
After all, the injury was severe that day.
The next morning.
We had just climbed onto our wheelchairs when Zhu Yeqing burst into the dorm, excitedly saying, “Yun Luo Xian! Your family came to see you! They even brought me a gift!”
She was holding a transparent gift box.
Inside the box, something was glowing, clearly valuable.
It was a Fierce Beast Jade, the crystallized power of a fierce beast.
I remembered these things started at tens of thousands in price, and judging by the color and the Immortal Spirit aura emanating from it, this one was probably worth hundreds of thousands.
My family?
Where would I get such wealthy family?
Just as I was pondering that.
The person walked in.
“Yun Luo Xian? Oh my dear granddaughter, how did you get hurt like this…”
The woman was dressed in luxurious noblewoman’s attire. Though well over fifty, her charm was still intact. I didn’t know what tricks she used, but her appearance seemed unchanged, just like—the day they tried to run me down.
Of course, I wouldn’t forget her.
Because this prostitute was my mother.
It was tragic—I was raised by a prostitute.
“Zhu Yeqing, give her back the gift. If you like Fierce Beast Jade, I can give you ten of them.”
“Ah?” Zhu Yeqing was confused at first, but seeing my serious expression, she reluctantly handed the gift back.
She understood—this wasn’t something to take lightly.
“Seems like your father hasn’t stopped badmouthing your grandparents,” the woman said with an innocent look, “Don’t be afraid, little Luo Xian, those are all misunderstandings from your father… Actually, your grandparents have wanted to see you for a long time.”
Heh, act, keep acting.
Good thing “I am my own daughter.” I knew well how calculating and good at acting this woman was.
Otherwise, any ordinary kid would’ve fallen for her tricks.
“I have to go to class. Grandma, please move aside.”
The woman refused to budge: “I already asked for your leave. You don’t need to attend school here. The Mu Family has better private education resources. Come with Grandma.”
“…Get out of this school, or I won’t hesitate to curse.”
This woman was my nominal mother, but if not for keeping up appearances for Yun Luo Xian, I would have spat the vilest insults without hesitation.
Don’t talk to me about propriety, filial piety, or respect.
Just because you dumped me in this world overnight and raised me like a dog, doesn’t mean I owe you any damn filial duty.
I don’t care about rituals or filial piety.
“You’re such a child,” the woman said, distressed, holding her forehead, “It seems your father’s misunderstandings run too deep. But you’re just a little kid. How could he say those things to you, making you bear such a heavy burden… He’s so irresponsible!”
Talking trash about me in front of your “daughter,” stirring up trouble—that’s really you.
“Can you hurry up and leave? Haven’t you heard, ‘A good dog doesn’t block the way’?”
I extended my Divine Sense to scan outside the corridor.
A few powerful auras were hiding just outside the door. So strong… Grandmaster-level? Two of them?
My mind started calculating the odds of killing the woman in front of me and escaping now.
Not high.
Damn it, why did they come at once… Is this woman so favored in the Mu Family?
Yun Muchen is just an in-law, isn’t he? Even Yun Muchen himself doesn’t have this kind of backing…
Or maybe.
These people, are they…
coming for me?
Right, I deliberately kept hidden before, so they couldn’t track us. They waited for school to start.
Once school began, I’d definitely be here, making it easy to catch me.
They sent this woman… so she could enter the school under the pretense of family, then…
silence me?
“Come with Grandma. I’ll explain your father’s side. Be good, Grandma brought you a gift~”
The woman summoned her subordinate, who brought a long, slender box.
Inside was a simple, ancient long sword.
“When the Immortal Spirit awakens, the treasured weapon awakens as well. Like… the legendary sword Zhanlu.”
The woman gripped the sword’s hilt and took it out of the box.
The blade was less than half an inch from my cheek.
“A ruler with the Way by his side leads a prosperous country.
A ruler without the Way discards the sword, and the country falls.
Zhanlu shares a similar essence with your Qilin. It can also discern a wise ruler… But alas, talent envied by heaven.”
The woman shook her head. “The awakener of Zhanlu was too sharp and eventually perished. In the end, only this sword was left… This is the only divine sword that has yet to recognize its master.”
“If you want to cut me, just do it. Don’t be so long-winded,” I said impatiently.
The woman always spoke with hidden meaning.
By offering Zhanlu, it was both a gift and a threat.
By telling the story of Zhanlu’s owner, she was hinting that a genius who doesn’t obey will only meet death. Even Zhanlu’s master was no exception.
But if I obeyed, maybe this sword could belong to me.
Threats mixed with temptation and empty promises—this woman played the game perfectly.
“Silly child, I’m your grandmother. Your blood runs through your veins. How could I bear to hurt you?” The woman’s tone softened, looking truly kind, as if she held no hostility. “You’re the most outstanding child in the Yun Family’s history. A fine sword matched with a divine beast. Zhanlu was made just for you…”
“Spare me.”
It’s just an object. Its owner’s death left only a tool with no spirit. I could craft better with my feet.
“Sigh, such a talented child, why must you stubbornly believe in that foolish father of yours?” The woman looked aggrieved, putting the sword back in its box. “A good seed needs careful nurturing to grow into a towering tree…
Think about it. If you hadn’t grown wild, if you enjoyed noble resources and the attention and love of everyone, you’d be ten thousand times better! Then, silly child… the whole world would be yours!”
“Oh!”
I suddenly understood.
I saw through her intentions.
“So that’s it,” I said with sudden clarity. “The Yun Muchen account is worn out. Seeing I have a Qilin, you want to create a new one… No wonder you’re fawning so much. You want me to recognize my roots and become your next puppet.”
Struck in her heart, the woman’s expression flickered for a moment.
She hadn’t expected this seemingly young child to be so difficult.
I wasn’t fooled by a word she said.
“Yun Muchen is my son. He’s outstanding. He’s very outstanding. No one is anyone’s puppet. I just want you to have a better future.” The woman said plaintively.
She kept arguing, but her fingers moved subtly, sending signals outside.
It seemed if persuasion failed, she was ready to use force.
“Yun Muchen is your son, and he’s useless. You’re useless too. He came into the Mu Family as your puppet to fulfill your noble dreams. But I don’t care about those.”
“You… you stubborn child!” Tears welled at the corner of her eyes. She knelt on my lap, looking pitiful and aggrieved. “Good intentions misunderstood, Grandma means well! You don’t even know how big the gap is between the nobility and commoners…”
I know.
The difference between ants and humans.
But do you know the difference between a mortal and an Immortal Sovereign?
.
Seeing I was still unmoved, the woman finally stood up.
“Looks like Grandma will have to take you back so you can slowly understand.”
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