Chapter 11 Mysterious Visitor

[Scratching your head for a moment]

[You looked at the boy and asked, "Little friend, how old are you this year?"]

[The boy was very scared, stammering as he said, "I’m si… six years old…"]

["Oh, sixty-six years old, not showing any signs of aging."]

[You nodded and then looked at the girl]

[The girl also had a face full of fear]

[You showed a smile you thought was friendly]

[But the girl trembled even more]

["Little friend, how old are you this year?" you asked the girl]

[The girl tried hard to suppress her fear, doing her best not to stutter: "I am… eight years old this year…"]

["Oh, eighteen years old is not young either."]

[After asking, you stopped looking at the two of them]

[You stood up and walked out on your own]

[You took two steps, and the two behind you suddenly stopped their low sobbing]

[You walked out of the main hall]

[Cutting the grass without removing the roots will only bring endless trouble]

[Since they were born in the Zhang family, whether voluntarily or passively, they must have enjoyed the family’s benefits, so they must be prepared to bear the consequences]

[You strode into the front courtyard, where Zhang family members lay scattered everywhere]

[They all slept peacefully]

[You walked toward the Zhang family’s main gate]

[But when you looked up, your eyelid twitched]

[Not far ahead stood a person]

[That person wore the coarse linen dress of a Zhang family maid, expression cold and indifferent]

[Wan Qingluan!]

[How could she be here?]

[A tightening gripped your heart as you guessed Wan Qingluan probably wasn’t truly a Zhang family member…]

[You had just slaughtered the entire Zhang family]

[If Wan Qingluan wanted to kill you, you wouldn’t have survived]

[No!]

[You suddenly thought, how could Wan Qingluan, with her strength, be a mere maid in the small Zhang family?]

[You were very puzzled and at the same time extremely alert]

[While your thoughts raced, Wan Qingluan remained calm]

["Young Master He, how old are you this year?"]

[Wan Qingluan’s usually cold voice carried a trace of a smile]

[That smile was somewhat chilling]

[Your heart skipped a beat; you could feel her genuine killing intent]

[You thought to yourself, this time you might really be done for]

[But suddenly you remembered: "I have a simulator, what’s there to be afraid of!"]

[You dissipated your tension, wearing a relaxed smile: "Miss Wan, I’m still young, just started kindergarten this year."]

[Seeing your attitude, Wan Qingluan’s smile disappeared]

[Her delicately arched brows furrowed slightly, and her beautiful eyes showed some confusion]

[Wan Qingluan looked at you twice and said, "Young Master He, you’re quite an interesting person."]

[You forced out a dry laugh, "Miss Wan, you’re quite inexplicable too."]

[Wan Qingluan said nothing more and directly turned to leave the Zhang family]

[You hurriedly followed, and only after seeing her really leave did you relax]

["That woman is like a ghost, everywhere she goes, she’s there," you muttered under your breath]

[You didn’t understand why Wan Qingluan was working as a maid in the Zhang family]

[You also didn’t understand why she didn’t kill you, when you clearly felt her killing intent just now]

[You wouldn’t believe you had conquered her with your flashy appearance]

[You knew you had some charm]

[But nowhere near enough to cause someone to lay down their weapon and become a Buddha]

[You didn’t understand her various behaviors]

[You didn’t want to understand them either, only wanting to stay far away]

[Although you were already secluded deep in the Black Serpent Woods, you felt it still wasn’t deep enough]

[You planned to move deeper into the Black Serpent Woods and would not come out unless absolutely necessary]

[You quickly searched the Zhang family]

[The Zhang family had occupied Xuancheng for many years, indeed possessing a solid foundation]

[You seized over 700,000 taels of silver and more than 90,000 taels of gold]

[Six Skin Refining manuals, one Bone Tempering manual]

[But all were second or third-rate cultivation methods]

[You now cultivated top-tier methods; these low-level methods no longer excited you]

[You casually tossed these manuals into your spatial storage]

[You also put many property deeds and land contracts into the space; you wouldn’t sell these assets now, as it would risk exposure]

[You decided to handle that after the heat died down]

[After finishing, you set the spacious Zhang family estate ablaze with a single fire]

[The local villagers cheered loudly at the Zhang family’s downfall]

[At this moment, you were already on your way back to the Black Serpent Woods]

[One month later, you finally arrived at Changfeng City, the closest city to the Black Serpent Woods]

[After continuous travel, you planned to rest for one night and then move directly into the Black Serpent Woods to relocate]

[You didn’t return to the small courtyard you lived in years ago; it had been exposed and was likely ravaged multiple times by members of the Extermination Sect]

[You found an inn to stay]

[That night, you sat on the bed cultivating]

[Someone quietly approached your door]

[That person whispered, "Young Master He, please open the door, I have something to give you."]

[You didn’t recognize the voice]

[You immediately grabbed the Cry of the Swan Goose sword: "Just leave the delivery outside the door."]

["Young Master He, please forgive me, I was instructed to deliver it personally to your hands."]

[You briefly sensed the cultivator’s strength outside; unsurprisingly, it was profound and unfathomable, like a deep ocean]

[But they didn’t force entry; you felt a slight relief]

[You stood and moved to the window, ready to flee at any moment]

[You threw a chopstick to knock open the door latch]

[The door was gently pushed open]

[A middle-aged man politely entered and placed a small box on the table]

["Young Master He, your item has been delivered. Farewell."]

[He showed no reluctance and immediately exited the room]

[He politely closed the door behind him]

[You looked at the door, then at the box, feeling a bit confused]

[You put the box into your spatial storage before daring to open it]

[Just in case it sprayed poison or something upon opening]

[The box opened without any anomaly; inside were two cultivation manuals and a letter]

[You opened the letter and found it was from Miao Liwu]

[The letter expressed deep thanks for your care of his parents over more than ten years]

[It also thanked you for guiding him onto the martial path back then]

[Miao Liwu said you left in a hurry years ago; he guessed you encountered some trouble and didn’t want to implicate his family, so you were forced to leave]

[Miao Liwu said that if you ever encountered problems you couldn’t handle, you must go to the Sword Establishment Pavilion to find him]

[He arranged for the person who delivered the item to escort you to the pavilion; that person’s strength was absolutely trustworthy and reliable]

[That person would stay next door to you tonight]

[If you had no danger, you could ignore them; they would leave on their own the next day]

[Additionally, the two cultivation manuals inside were to repay your kindness]

[One was the sect-level Organ Fortifying cultivation method, Wild Heaven Saber Technique; the other was the Nine Condensations Profound Skill]

[The Wild Heaven Saber Technique was taken from the Sword Establishment Pavilion with the sect leader’s permission]

[You could practice it with confidence, without worrying about being accused of stealing sect techniques and being hunted down]

[The Nine Condensations Profound Skill was created by Miao Liwu himself; he was the only person who knew it, and it was a crucial foundation of his strength, so he asked you not to spread it]

[The Nine Condensations Profound Skill could refine true qi; theoretically, each major realm’s true qi could be refined nine times]

[But refining nine times was just theoretical; Miao Liwu himself hadn’t refined it nine times]

[He had only refined six or seven times per realm]

[This made Miao Liwu absolutely invincible among warriors of the same level]

[He could even easily escape from opponents two major realms stronger than himself]

[Miao Liwu hadn’t refined it nine times for two reasons]

[First, the later refinements were very difficult and time-consuming]

[Second, Miao Liwu’s own martial talent was too high]

[Even without deliberately advancing his realm, just focusing on the Nine Condensations Profound Skill, his realm would surge rapidly]

[He reached the next major realm before having time to refine nine times]

[You read the letter and thought about it]

[You realized neither of these two problems was an issue for you]

[The first problem of long refining time]

[You had a simulator; time was not a barrier but an advantage for you]

[The second problem of automatic realm upgrades]

[This was also your advantage]

[In terms of talent, you were a total waste compared to Miao Liwu]

[Automatic upgrades?]

[Not possible for you]

[Whenever you stopped taking pills, you could keep your cultivation level completely still]

[You had all the time in the world to refine your true qi]

[In this respect, Miao Liwu couldn’t even keep up with you]

[You felt you had already surpassed Miao Liwu by a wide margin]

[After finishing the letter, you felt somewhat moved]

[Miao Liwu had thought things through carefully for you]

[Back then, you only treated Wei Xia and Miao Jiayao as friends when you cared for them]

[Later, you taught Miao Liwu to read, left him cultivation methods and a spear, simply because you liked this sensible boy]

[You never expected that unintentional angel investment would bring countless times the returns]

[But then you thought of another serious problem]

["I’ve been hiding in seclusion all this time; why does it feel like everyone in the world can find me?"]