Time to Demand an Explanation!

["Brother Yi? Oh! Brother Yi! You're begging here too? Come, I'll make room for you!"]

[Hearing Dachun's voice, your nose suddenly stung.]

[This was your true hometown friend!]

[Dachun was accompanied by a girl who kept hiding behind him, looking deeply afraid of strangers.]

[But the way she looked at you was strange, as though she were trying hard to recognize who you were.]

["Dachun, what's going on? Why aren't you at Yuelai Inn? Why did you come to Makou Town? And who is she?"]

[Dachun was not very good at expressing himself.]

[He babbled on for ages, and it was exhausting for you to make sense of it.]

[The girl hiding behind him, however, acted as his mouthpiece and told you about what she and Dachun had gone through over the years.]

[You were shocked to learn that this girl was actually Third Sister's daughter!]

[Not long after you had been exiled, Shen Qingshan had also fallen into a trap. He was falsely accused of murder, and the County Magistrate wanted to chop off his head.]

[Putting it together with what had happened to you, Shen Qingshan realized that this was an outright wrongful accusation and frame-up.]

[Unwilling to be captured without a fight, he killed his way out of the County Yamen.]

[While fleeing with his wife and daughter, Shen Qingshan was surrounded by Martial Artists from both the County Yamen and the Dragon Protectorate, and died in battle.]

[Amid the chaos, Third Sister Chen Yun handed her daughter to Dachun, who happened to be nearby, while she herself drew away the pursuers.]

[Though Dachun was not very bright, he knew that neither the County Yamen nor the Dragon Protectorate would spare Third Sister's family. Without hesitation, he took little Nannan and left White Cloud County.]

[The two depended on each other, fleeing from hardship after hardship and surviving by begging.]

[You looked at your niece. Her bright, watery eyes were filled with fear of strangers, her delicate features had become gaunt from malnutrition, and in the bloom of youth, she was covered in filth.]

[Your heart twisted with pain.]

[You did not dare imagine how much she and Dachun had suffered while wandering from place to place all these years.]

[The fact that they had survived until now was truly a miracle.]

["Nannan, I'm your uncle. Don't be afraid..."]

[Your niece seemed to remember something.]

["You're my uncle. I remember the little mole at the corner of your eye."]

[You touched the beauty mark by your eye and smiled. "Yes, it's me. Come on, Uncle will take you two to eat something delicious and buy you a set of new clothes!"]

[After meeting you, Dachun and Nannan's hard days were finally over.]

[The two moved into your martial arts school.]

[Dachun did odd jobs at the martial arts school—moving things, sweeping the floor, and doing whatever was within his ability.]

[The anger in your heart was hard to quell.]

["Why was the County Yamen so determined to kill Shen Qingshan? Right... when this old man's lifespan is nearly up, I might as well investigate everything thoroughly!"]

[You suppressed the urge to go to White Cloud County immediately.]

[After all, so many years had already passed. There was no need to rush now.]

[If you cultivated for a few more years and drew a few more Terms, your chances of succeeding when you investigated White Cloud County would be greater.]

[Year 28, age 45.]

[Drawing a Term...]

[Draw successful!]

["Has Demonic Aura" (Green): Wherever Demons pass, they inevitably leave behind demonic aura. Demonic aura becomes visible before your eyes.]

[Adjust Term?]

[Yes/No]

"This is useful. Equip it!"

There were no shortage of Demons in the Five Domains. Being able to see demonic aura would undoubtedly help you avoid demonic disasters.

Chen Yi in the simulation was now in the Spirit Gathering Realm and had seven Term equipment slots.

His currently equipped Terms were: Simulator [Rainbow], Eidetic Memory [Purple], Low-Grade Bone Structure [Green], Serious Punch [Green], Effort Will Be Rewarded [Green], Spider Senses [Green], Has Demonic Aura [Green].

[Year 29, age 46.]

[Drawing a Term...]

[Draw successful!]

["Ginger is Still Old and Spicy" (Purple): Your cultivation speed, physical strength, Blood Qi, and so on will not decline as your body ages. Moreover, the older you get, the faster your cultivation speed becomes, up to a maximum increase of fivefold.]

[Adjust Term?]

[Yes/No]

"Another hit! Epic!"

Had his luck turned European again after obtaining non-White Terms two years in a row?

Although Chen Yi in the simulation was only in his forties, equipping "Ginger is Still Old and Spicy" would still take effect now.

Because of the Pill Toxin and the attack from the Myriad Souls Banner in this life, he had aged faster than ordinary people and already met the "old" requirement of Ginger is Still Old and Spicy.

[You replaced "Serious Punch" with "Ginger is Still Old and Spicy".]

[Dachun and your niece had already lived here for more than two years.]

[The effects of childhood trauma and the hardships she had endured while growing up were gradually fading from your niece.]

[She practiced martial arts together with the apprentices at the martial arts school.]

[You discovered that she actually had a High-Grade Bone Structure!]

[Among ordinary people, that counted as quite good aptitude.]

[Once she could basically communicate normally with others, you contacted Xu Linglong and recommended her to the Clear Soup Sect, hoping she could achieve something in the Martial Dao.]

[Though at her age, she was starting somewhat late.]

[You gave your niece a name: Shen Siqin.]

["Uncle, take care of your health. Your coughing has been getting worse these past two years. Drink the medicinal soup Aunt Linglong gave you on time, and don't complain that it's bitter..."]

[When Shen Siqin left, she repeatedly reminded you, unable to stop worrying about you.]

[You smiled and waved your hand.]

["You just need to take good care of yourself."]

[Shen Siqin was also reluctant to leave Dachun.]

[But Dachun was cheerful, shouting for her to come home early for dinner.]

[Dachun was carefree. As long as he had something to eat each day, he was happy. He had not taken any of the hardships from those years to heart.]

[Year 33, age 50.]

["Cough, cough..."]

[The bad news was that although you were only fifty, your bodily functions felt like those of someone seventy or eighty.]

[The good news was that "Ginger is Still Old and Spicy" was accelerating your cultivation even faster.]

["Next time, I'd better not use pills to increase my cultivation. If I do take them, I need to take good ones—take fewer, take better..."]

[What a painful realization.]

[Under the combined effects of "Effort Will Be Rewarded" and "Ginger is Still Old and Spicy," your Martial Dao realm had improved over these years.]

[You had recently broken through to the third level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.]

["Should I go to White Cloud County? Better hold on for a few more years..."]

[Year 34, age 51.]

[You had never married in this life, so you had no children.]

[It was absolutely not because you could not have children. You simply had not met the right person. Yes, you were someone who never forced matters of the heart.]

[Year 35, age 52.]

[The martial arts school's business had basically been handed over to your eldest disciple, Tian Wen.]

[His Martial Dao Root Bone was poor, but he had a sharp head for business. He managed the martial arts school very well and was very filial toward you.]

[You heard that war had broken out in the south again.]

[The situation in the Southern Border, which had been stabilized through marriage alliances, had once again become turbulent. An Empress who had unified the Hundred Nations of the Southern Border rose to power with overwhelming force and began counterattacking the Central Plains.]

[Year 38, age 55.]

[Your body was declining by the day, something that could be seen from your ever-increasing cultivation speed.]

[You had already reached the fifth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.]

[The maximum acceleration of "Ginger is Still Old and Spicy" came when you were close to death.]

[You knew your days were numbered. It was time to go to White Cloud County and make the County Yamen give you an explanation!]