"Your birthday? What a coincidence?"
"Slaying demons and exterminating devils on your birthday—you really do seem a bit like the protagonist."
"Enough, stay a while longer..."
The voice gradually vanished over the surface of Lord Mountain Lake.
About two hours later.
A fair little hand gripped a slender brush, crooked handwriting wandering across the rice paper.
"I haven't written in my diary these past few days because I went and did something meaningful!"
"...The knife spun in my hand, ten thousand bolts of lightning erupted, and wherever my gaze reached, Malevolent Spirits were all slain!"
"In the end, the Nether Pupil Water Lord, that powerful Malevolent Spirit that had brought disaster in every direction, could not struggle at all beneath my heroic slash.
In its final moments before its life faded away, the Nether Pupil Water Lord told me part of its story.
It turned out that it had once been human too. It entered the Heavenly Sect and even had a childhood sweetheart of a senior brother.
But when the two went out adventuring together, it unfortunately died outside. When it woke again, it was no longer human..."
"As expected, behind every great villain lies a moving story."
Jiang Yunxi set down her brush and glanced at the Kitchen Knife beside her, delight rising in her heart alongside a touch of regret.
What a pity. The Kitchen Knife had not shattered in her arms after bathing in blood, nor had she lost an eye or broken a leg. Only then would this journey to save the world have been even more legendary, more unforgettable.
Although her diary described this world-saving journey as fraught with peril, and claimed that she had endured several bloody battles, in reality she had bulldozed her way through without encountering any danger at all.
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