After arriving in the southern city, Uchiha Shin began asking around for Aunt Zhang's whereabouts.
Aunt Zhang was at a general store. It was utterly ordinary, and looked rather rundown.
Uchiha Shin entered the store and saw a little girl of eight or nine sitting on a stool, her head lowered as she held a book and read.
"Little sister, is Aunt Zhang here?" Uchiha Shin asked.
The little girl looked up at Uchiha Shin and blinked her large eyes. "Who are you? Why are you looking for Aunt Zhang?"
Uchiha Shin said, "I'm an outsider and wanted to ask Third Master Qin a question, but Lord Nether Luo refused. He told me to come find Aunt Zhang. If Aunt Zhang agrees, Third Master Qin will tell me."
The little girl closed the book in her hands, set it on the table beside her, and slowly rose to her feet. She walked over to Uchiha Shin, circled him twice, and looked him up and down.
"You brat actually made Lord Nether Luo take action personally?" the little girl said with her hands behind her back, looking like a little adult.
"Little girl, I'm much older than you. You can't call me a brat." Uchiha Shin smiled and reached out to pat her head.
However, the little girl was incredibly nimble and swiftly blocked his hand. Uchiha Shin could feel that she was very powerful; she was clearly not an ordinary eight- or nine-year-old girl.
"I am Aunt Zhang." The little girl sat down in a chair nearby and looked at Uchiha Shin.
Uchiha Shin's eyes filled with surprise. "You... you're Aunt Zhang?"
So young?
"Don't be fooled by how young I look. I'm far older than you think—my age is counted in tens of thousands of years." Aunt Zhang smiled,