He Was Being Targeted by an Old Demoness

He said, "Thanks!"

Sode no Shirayuki shook her head. "It's my honor to serve my master."

From Jiang Chen's perspective, he could see Sode no Shirayuki's flawless profile, skin as fair as snow, big eyes, and a high nose bridge. She looked just like a Barbie doll.

Jiang Chen had watched the anime before, and Sode no Shirayuki's peerless beauty had made a deep impression on him. As the most beautiful Zanpakuto, she truly lived up to her reputation.

She also had a lovely temperament. If she weren't a blade spirit, she'd make a good wife.

"Master, would you like to sleep a little longer?"

Sode no Shirayuki asked gently.

Jiang Chen shook his head. He still remembered the dream he'd just had: the system's mission had refreshed.

Was he so tired that he was getting a little muddled?

He was so exhausted, and yet he'd even dreamed about the system.

Thinking this, Jiang Chen opened the system interface.

The system mission had actually refreshed.

And the mission was bizarre.

Find Su Daji and earn 30,000 activation points.

Just finding someone offered that many activation points?

This was much more reasonable than those ridiculous, random missions he'd done before, like confessing to the Campus Belle.

The city he lived in wasn't that big. Finding someone shouldn't be difficult.

And if he couldn't find her, couldn't he ask General Pagoda for help?

Thirty thousand activation points was quite a lot.

He needed to earn more activation points, obtain more Zanpakuto, and gain more abilities. That was how he'd keep getting stronger.

With his goal of becoming the strongest, Jiang Chen realized he didn't feel tired at all anymore.

"Sode no Shirayuki, I'm heading back. Next time I visit, I'll bring you something tasty!"

With that, Jiang Chen vanished.

Sode no Shirayuki wanted to tell him that, as a blade spirit, she didn't need to eat.

Before she could say anything, Jiang Chen had already disappeared.

What could be so urgent? He hadn't even recovered all his soul power before leaving.

"His star of romance is stirring!"

Omniscient smiled meaningfully as he looked at the spot where Jiang Chen had vanished.

Sode no Shirayuki looked surprised. "You mean Master is going to find his other half?"

"You could put it that way. It's just... I hope he doesn't end up entangled in a whole mess!"

When Jiang Chen woke up in the World of the Living, he found himself in his room, with the Fatty keeping watch over him.

The moment he saw Jiang Chen wake, the Fatty cried, "Brother Chen, you're finally awake! I thought you'd never wake up again!"

"Do you know you've been asleep for three days?"

"Three days? That long?"

Jiang Chen hadn't expected to sleep for three days just to replenish the soul power he'd used up.

He'd been unconscious for three days. Xiao Lan must already know about his battle with the Three-Headed Hound.

Seeing that Xiao Lan wasn't in the room, he asked, "Where's Xiao Lan?"

"She stayed up all night watching over you yesterday. She's resting in her room now."

"I'll tell her you're awake!"

The Fatty stood up from the chair by the bed and started toward the door.

"No need!" Jiang Chen called to him.

"Xiao Lan's exhausted. Let her rest. I'm fine now; I'm just a little hungry!"

After all, he hadn't eaten for three days. He was starving.

"Zhang Banxian went out to buy breakfast. What do you want? I'll ask him to get it!"

"He came too?"

Zhang Banxian should have been home looking after the injured Daoist Zhang.

"You were unconscious. How could he not come?"

"Right, Brother Chen. What do you want to eat? I'll call and tell him."

"I want fish-fragrant shredded pork fried rice, with a lemon soda."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment before answering.

"Okay, I'll ask him to get it."

The Fatty picked up the phone and dialed Zhang Banxian.

A moment later, he hung up and said, "I've told him."

"He said the restaurants are probably closed this early, so he'll buy ingredients and cook it himself."

Jiang Chen wanted to tell him there was no need to go to so much trouble. Anything else would be fine if he couldn't get it.

But the call was already over, and calling back would be a hassle.

So he said nothing.

"By the way, Brother Chen!" The Fatty seemed to remember something. "My stomach hurts a little. I'm going to the bathroom. You'll be okay on your own, right?"

"Do I look like I'm not okay?" Jiang Chen said, waving his arm.

"Then I'll be right back!"

Once the door had closed, Jiang Chen looked around the silent room and asked, "How long are you going to stay?"

"Human, you're pretty alert. You actually noticed me!"

In a corner of the room untouched by sunlight, Ghost Child appeared, holding a skull.

"You're covered in ghost energy. It'd be hard not to notice you," Jiang Chen replied.

"Your friend didn't notice me."

"His ability is different from mine. It's normal that he couldn't detect you."

Jiang Chen rubbed his chin and looked at Ghost Child. "What brings you here?"

"I came to confirm something."

"Recently, something's been spreading among the Hundred Ghosts."

"And it has something to do with you!"

Something to do with him? What could it be? Maybe his victory over the Three-Headed Hound?

Ghost Child seemed to know what Jiang Chen was thinking. "It has nothing to do with your defeat of the Three-Headed Hound!"

"The Three-Headed Hound is a guardian beast of hell. Do you think those of us among the Hundred Ghosts who can't even cross the Yellow River would care about what happens in hell?"

Jiang Chen looked at Ghost Child in confusion. "Then what is it?"

"It's about Su Daji." Ghost Child sat down, still holding the skull, and answered.

Su Daji?

Jiang Chen thought of the mission the system had given him.

Find Su Daji.

He didn't know who Su Daji was in this world.

He hadn't expected Ghost Child to know, so he asked, "What happened to her?"

"I heard she's getting married."

"Then congratulations are in order!"

Jiang Chen replied without thinking.

"But if you knew who the groom was, you wouldn't say that."

"Why not?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.

"Because..." Ghost Child grinned and continued, "The groom is you, Jiang Chen."

"Me?"

Jiang Chen pointed at himself in disbelief. He didn't even know Su Daji. How could he marry someone he'd never met?

What kind of joke was this?

"Do you know who Su Daji is? Or how old she is?"

"Who is she? And how old?"

"Su Daji is a ten-thousand-year-old fox demon from the Fox Clan. They say she's existed since ancient times."

"I can't believe the human I set my sights on became the groom of an old demoness—and without even asking my permission."

"How could I let that old demoness get her way?"

Ghost Child swung his little legs, speaking as if it were all perfectly ordinary.

But Jiang Chen could feel the murderous intent in his words.

That wasn't what he was most concerned about right now. What he wanted to know was...

Why had he become an old demoness's groom?

Jiang Chen wanted to ask.

Ghost Child vanished.

Just then, the Fatty pushed open the door and said, "Brother Chen, I'm done in the bathroom."

"I'm a little hungry. Do you have anything to eat at home?"

"Do bear biscuits count?"

Jiang Chen remembered that he still had some snacks his younger sister had given him, so he asked.

"Anything's fine!"

When Jiang Chen brought out the tiny pack of bear biscuits, the Fatty stared at it in shock and asked, "There's only one?"