Qingshan Town.
An obscure little village nestled at the foot of a mountain.
"Daddy, dinner is ready!"
A sweet, childish voice reached the ears of Qi Fan, who was relaxing lazily in a rocking chair.
Qi Fan turned his head to look.
There stood a girl of seven or eight years old, waving at him.
This was precisely his daughter, Qi Yan'er.
"Coming right up!"
Qi Fan answered and hurriedly got to his feet.
As he looked at his daughter, Qi Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Before I knew it, nearly ten years have passed, and Yan'er has grown up this much."
His name was Qi Fan, and he had been in this world for over twenty years.
He had originally thought that coming here would awaken some sort of golden finger, allowing him to eventually stand at the pinnacle of the world.
Yet the reality was that he had no system, his cultivation talent was abysmal, and even worse, over a decade ago, he had been forcibly violated by some mysterious woman!
He had thought it was just a romantic encounter.
Little did he expect that a year after that incident, someone had actually dropped off a baby girl at his door in the middle of the night.
And next to her was a letter!
The contents of the letter were succinct to the extreme:
"She is your daughter!"
As a transmigrator, Qi Fan refused to believe such nonsense.
Yet when he looked into the baby girl's dark cyan pupils—which were an exact match for his own—his resolve melted.
His heart softened!
As he raised her year after year, he found that the girl grew more and more like him.
There was no doubt she was destined to be his daughter.
And just like that, he had raised her until she was seven years old!
"Daddy, what do you think the world outside is like? Uncle and Grandpa from the village say it's really wonderful."
Qi Yan'er's large eyes were filled with yearning.
Qi Fan, who had just taken a sip from his wine cup, seemed to recall something:
"Yan'er, the outside world is indeed very wonderful."
"Didn't I tell you? Back in the day, your daddy traveled across the world without a single match, known to all as Emperor Fan!"
"Wow, Daddy is amazing!"
Qi Yan'er's eyes sparkled with little stars:
"Then Daddy must have retired here because you were simply too invincible! But... why didn't you bring Mommy along into seclusion?"
"She..."
Before Qi Fan could continue, the alcohol took effect, and his eyes rolled back as he fell fast asleep.
Seeing his old man in this state, Qi Yan'er puffed out her little cheeks in anger:
"Here he goes again! Every time Mommy is mentioned, this old fogey falls straight to sleep."
"Hmph, fine, keep it to yourself. I'll go..."
Early the next morning.
Qi Fan rubbed his still throbbing head and gave his usual familiar call:
"Drank too much again. Yan'er, go fetch me a basin of water."
Yet once the words left his mouth, there was no response for a long time.
This left Qi Fan somewhat puzzled.
Could this little girl have gone out to play at the crack of dawn?
Driven by curiosity, Qi Fan got up and went to Qi Yan'er's room, only to find the bedding neatly folded.
Worse still, the familiar little figure was nowhere to be found in the room.
All that remained was a letter left on the table!
A letter!
Another letter!
Recalling what Qi Yan'er had said last night, Qi Fan's expression suddenly darkened:
"Could this girl have..."
Qi Fan hurriedly picked up the letter and began to read.
The handwriting on it was crooked and scribbled...
"Diedie, I'm going to find my mommy, and I'll see how wonderful the outside world is. When I bring mommy back, our family of three will be reunited. Diedie, don't worry, whenever I meet strangers, I'll drop your name. You said they'd all give you face, so I'll be back as soon as I find mommy."
"..."
After reading it, Qi Fan felt his head buzzing, and he slapped his forehead hard:
"Aiya, what is wrong with my brain!"
"Unfilial brat! She's a total unfilial brat!"
"I raised her with my own sweat and tears, and now she's actually run away!"
Qi Fan instantly snapped awake, all drunkenness completely vanishing.
He never could have imagined that his seven-year-old daughter would dare to run away from home!
How could he not know how dangerous the outside world was?
If she went out there, wasn't that walking straight into a tiger's den?
The mere thought of Yan'er going out into the world and dropping his name to people...
"No! I have to track her down and bring her back."
With that thought.
Qi Fan didn't even bother packing anything; he slipped into his large slippers and bolted out the door.
He was filled with regret!
Why did he have to brag so much in front of his own daughter all these years? Now look at what happened—she knew he was "invincible," so she actually went out to show off!
"Yan'er! Yan'er!"
Just as Qi Fan rushed out the door.
A strange voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for achieving the milestone: Wife left a farewell letter and disappeared, child left a farewell letter and ran away. The Daughter Raising System has been successfully activated. Welcome to use!]
After more than twenty years, the system had finally appeared!
It truly proved the saying:
The system might be late, but it never misses out.
Yet the activation conditions for this system were simply too harsh.
For a wife and child to both leave letters and run away—that was truly twisting the knife in his heart!
An ordinary person would honestly have no way to trigger this.
[Ding! Host, you have successfully bound with your daughter Qi Yan'er. System activation successful. Special reward: 100,000 points!]
The Daughter Raising System!
Qi Fan quickly checked the attribute panel.
It displayed real-time information about his precious daughter.
Health status, strength, height, weight, age, and so on...
After studying it for a moment, Qi Fan also gained a basic understanding of the system's function.
As long as he had points, he could provide his daughter with everything.
Hungry? Send delicious food!
Cold? Send clothes!
Sick? Send medicine!
In danger? Send heavenly treasures!
The prerequisite was having enough points!
At present, there was only one way to acquire points: checking in!
Checking in not only granted points but also yielded random rewards.
With this system, whenever Yan'er's cultivation increased, Qi Fan's cultivation would rise accordingly.
Moreover, Qi Fan's realm would automatically remain one major realm higher than Yan'er's!
The only drawback.
Right now, Qi Fan was trapped.
He was not allowed to travel too far from the village, and his current activity range was limited to a mere five kilometers!
After familiarizing himself with the details, Qi Fan slapped on his large slippers and prepared to head to the village entrance to check in first.
Meanwhile.
Qi Yan'er, wearing a small green dress, had already reached a path.
She cautiously looked around, and seeing no one in sight, she pulled out her "Hundred-Treasure Box"!
This Hundred-Treasure Box was actually just a broken wooden chest.
However, Qi Fan had hyped it up as a magical box capable of holding everything in the world—anything she could imagine would be inside.
Over the past few years, Qi Fan had gone to great lengths to perform magic tricks for Yan'er several times.
The price he paid was undoubtedly the sweat of hard labor.
There was no help for it; who told Qi Fan to be such a devoted slave to his daughter?
The Hundred-Treasure Box was divided into four layers.
They contained medicinal pills (candy beans), cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques (drawings made by Qi Fan), weapons (toys), and miscellaneous items (random little trinkets).
Glancing at the Hundred-Treasure Box, Yan'er felt immensely reassured.
With Daddy's Hundred-Treasure Box, she had nothing to fear.
At that moment.
Yan'er suddenly noticed two people walking down the path ahead...
They were a young man and a beautiful young maiden.
"What a pretty little sister!"
"A little girl?"