Xiao Ruoqing opened her eyes and looked dazedly at everything before her.
Raging fire, ruins... and right in front of her, a burly man rushing toward her with a massive cleaver.
From this angle, she could see the large, yellow teeth inside his wide-open mouth.
"Hahaha, little Xiao lass! Go to hell!"
Wh... What is going on here?
Suddenly, the burly man's eyes bulged wide.
He stared at the sword protruding through his chest from behind.
Then, with great difficulty, he turned his head to look at the young man who had suddenly appeared behind him, spat out a mouthful of blood, and wheezed:
"You... you don't play by the rules of martial arts."
And then he died.
Xiao Ruoqing stared with wide eyes at this scene before her, gazing at the young man holding the sword in one hand.
He wore a white robe and a Crane Cloak, with cloud-patterned boots on his feet.
His cascading long hair was gently gathered behind him by a white silk ribbon, a white jade Sword Case slung diagonally across his waist, one hand resting on the pommel.
Special-effect-like radiance washed over his refined and handsome face.
With curved brows and a gentle, soft voice, he spoke beside Xiao Ruoqing's ear:
"Would you be willing to become my disciple?"
"......"
......
Su Bei was not a person of this world.
To be precise, his soul did not belong to this world.
Back on Blue Planet, Su Bei had been sitting in the library, striving for his future life as a corporate cog. Because his bladder had become overly distended, causing a malfunction in his nervous system regulation, coupled with his extremely low endurance threshold, the moment he opened his eyes, he found himself in this world.
Shortly after, he awakened a system called the "Highest Ten-Thousand-Fold Feedback for Taking Disciples."
As the name suggested, as long as he took disciples, whenever his disciples practiced cultivation, he would receive up to ten thousand times the return on their gains!
"Taking disciples is truly a wonderful thing!"
Su Bei was overjoyed. This system could not possibly be more user-friendly.
For someone like him who carried the philosophy of being a salted fish to the very end, it was simply too friendly!
Why cultivate the Cultivation of Immortality?
Was it not so he could lie down and slack off for thousands of years?
Thus, Su Bei embarked on the long and tedious path of searching for disciples!
Since the system currently only stipulated that he could take two disciples, if he wanted to lie down as comfortably as possible in the future...
He naturally had to find a female disciple who was naturally intelligent, possessed exceptional bone structure, was an orphan with a deep grievance, had hair as dark as a waterfall, bright eyes and white teeth, and wore silk stockings... cough cough!
Mmm?
Why not look for a male disciple?
Could a male disciple gently and softly massage his shoulders and cuddle up close while he slept?
Could a male disciple serve him a cup of tea in the morning, cover his face slightly, and ask with a shy expression, "Master, please have some tea"?
Could a male disciple put on silk stockings and walk into his room...?
Su Bei had traversed the heavens and earth all the way here.
Finally!
In this place called the Xiao family courtyard, he found this "woman who was entirely covered in halo special effects, practically wishing to stamp the words 'Heaven's Chosen Daughter' across her face."
And then came the scene that had just transpired.
Without leaving a trace, Su Bei transformed the surrounding Spiritual Energy into a faint golden light, setting off his sacred, immortal-like demeanor, and looked calmly at the woman before him.
...Even in the midst of such a ruined family tragedy.
A head of dark hair still drifted freely in the wind.
Her lips were as moist as jade, her nose like a young lotus root, and her brows as thin as mist.
Only... why was it that those brimming eyes looking at him were filled with utter confusion?
And anger?
Wait? Why was there also hatred?
Four words summed it up.
Her expression was complex!
Su Bei pondered deeply.
Mmm! This expression probably wasn't directed at him.
After all, her entire family had been wiped out; wouldn't it be unreasonable if she didn't harbor a bit of hatred and anger?
......
Xiao Ruoqing took a deep breath, looking at the gentle and refined man before her.
Her eyes held boundless resentment and complex emotions!
Only now did she finally understand why she had appeared here!
She had actually been reincarnated and reborn!
She had returned to the exact moment when this man before her had taken her as his disciple!
A trace of mockery flashed across the corner of Xiao Ruoqing's mouth, leaving no trace.
Hah, in her previous life, it had been just like this!
He had saved her at her most desperate moment!
And afterward, she had taken him as her master, viewing him as the entirety of her life—he was her everything!
Yet, it wasn't until the moment he killed her with his own hands that she stupidly understood.
The reason he took her as a disciple, sparing no effort to nurture her, and that trace of gentleness...
Turned out to be solely for the purpose of acquiring her physique!
The Innate Dao Physique!
A profound glint was hidden deep within Xiao Ruoqing's eyes.
In this life, she would definitely take her revenge!
After all, Xiao Ruoqing knew that the man before her did not possess exceptionally strong talent.
At the present stage, he was merely at the Soul Formation Stage.
As long as she relied on her experience from her previous life and worked hard to cultivate rapidly, day and night without rest...
And then secured first place in the upcoming Twenty-One Provinces Ten Thousand Sects Grand Tournament to obtain that Yin-Yang Fish which could conceal one's cultivation level!
Then she would definitely be able to surpass Su Bei before he could kill her!
And then she would slay this man before her!
Looking at the hand Su Bei was extending toward her, his handsome mouth and curved eyes,
Xiao Ruoqing buried that deep-seated hatred in her heart and slowly extended her fair hand.
Clasping Su Bei's large hand and looking at his calm expression, she softly said:
"I am willing."
"......"
Only by getting close to him.
By becoming his disciple!
Only then would she have the opportunity to obtain vast cultivation resources!
Su Bei watched the shock in the woman's eyes before him and smiled smugly in his heart.
It was worth all the effort he had spent specially studying an immortal spell blessed with boundless light.
He hadn't expected his first time taking a disciple to go so smoothly.
However, something felt a bit off about this?
Logically speaking, the dialogue in his mind should have gone like this:
"Would you be willing to be my disciple?"
"Can being your disciple avenge my family?"
"Yes."
"Can being your disciple allow me to stand above others?"
"Yes."
"Can being your disciple..."
"All of it."
"......"
"I am willing!"
What happened to the steps in the middle?
The disciple he had taken was a bit different, hey?
Perhaps it was because this disciple of his was somewhat aloof?
After all, everyone's personality is different!
Mmm, that must be it.
"From now on, you are a newly entered disciple of my Sword Sect."
"I am the Fifth Elder of the Sword Sect, your Master, Su Bei!"
"......"
Su Bei lifted his eyebrows gently, then looked calmly at his new female disciple.
He watched as the white clouds drifted lazily, accompanied by the crying calls of a flock of wild geese flying in formation.
The lead goose cried out as it passed, leaving only a fleeting shadow in the sky.
The pine branches on either side cast dappled shadows, spots of clustered light floating slowly over the elegant white Crane Cloak.
"Master is above, disciple Xiao Ruoqing pays respects to Master."
"......"
Xiao Ruoqing knelt down gently, her voice clear and delicate, like a gentle breeze in the forest.
"Mmm."
Su Bei nodded in satisfaction.
Aloof she might be, but she certainly knew how to respect her master and honor the Dao.
This was a disciple guided and selected by the system; her cultivation talent was bound to be top-notch!
However... how should he make her cultivate day and night without rest?
......
"Ding!"
"Congratulations to the host for successfully taking a disciple!"
"Received an omnipotent ten-consecutive-draw for the first disciple taken!"
"Would you like to start the draw?"
"......"
Su Bei looked somewhat excitedly at the dazzling array of rewards before him and impatiently began the draw!
"Ding!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills, ordinary Qi-Cultivating Pills, ordinary Hemostatic Powder, ordinary poison that will kill you if eaten..."
"???"
Su Bei frowned as he looked at these rewards, trashy to the extreme.
Just this?
Suddenly, a bright flash of light appeared, and Su Bei felt a wave of refreshing comfort wash over his entire body.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a legendary reward: the title 'Son of Destiny'!"
"Ding, congratulations to the host, your luck value has reached its maximum limit!"
"......"
Su Bei let out a long sigh.
Then, looking at Xiao Ruoqing, who was sitting quietly on the flying sword and wondering what she was deep in thought about, he muttered:
"Mmm, this one is too aloof; the next disciple must be someone with a personality that complements hers!"
"......"