A Gift for Xiao Wu

"Ding! Congratulations to Host's Big Brother for completing the mission! Host is amazing."

Cao Yan had already left the Soul Hunting Forest and was walking alone through the streets of Nuoding City.

The female system voice that suddenly rang out in his mind made Cao Yan pause.

"System Sister, do you have some grudge against Tang San from his previous life? Is it really okay to target him like this?" Cao Yan recalled Tang San's vicious gaze when he had left the Soul Hunting Forest and could not help asking the system.

Although he also wanted to torment Tang San to death, the system seemed even more ruthless than he was!

"Host, you should know that Tang San is a despicable and shameless scoundrel. This system hates people like him the most."

"That's right. I've disliked him for a long time too. Looks like our goals are the same." After hearing the system's explanation, Cao Yan could not help smiling.

"If Host dislikes Tang San, Host can kill him directly. With Host's current strength, it is entirely possible. It's just that Host may face Tang Hao's retaliation." The system giggled, its voice exceptionally pleasant.

"No, no, no. This Host wants Tang San to learn what true despair is. Killing him just like that would be letting him off too easily. Besides, as long as this Host is around, he won't be able to grow stronger anyway." Cao Yan rejected the system's suggestion.

After all, Tang San had let down who knew how many beautiful young women in the original story. Wouldn't it be a shame to simply kill someone like that?

Cao Yan was not an ordinary transmigrator. An ordinary transmigrator, after obtaining absolute power, might directly wipe Tang San out!

But he was different. Not only did he want to kill Tang San, he also wanted Tang San to experience the deepest despair. As for those girls Tang San had missed in the original story, Cao Yan would take care of them all.

"Wow, I never expected Host to be this kind of person. You even have a bit of a bad-boy feeling. This system is starting to fall for you."

"Don't worry. Once you take human form in the future, I won't neglect you either. This Host is a man of great ambition."

After all, the system had said that once he broke through level one hundred and became a god, it would be able to take human form.

Thinking of this, Cao Yan found himself looking forward to it.

System Sister should be very pretty, right?

"Oh, right, System. Give me the Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post I received for completing the previous mission. It's better to carry something like that on me." Cao Yan had already gained a preliminary grasp of the various secret techniques in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. With his current abilities, he could fully use this kind of hidden weapon.

The Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post was the only hidden weapon in the throwing-weapon category that existed in the form of a physical object. Its usage requirements were not particularly demanding. It only needed to be activated at the cost of overtaxing one's Soul Power.

As for Guanyin's Tears and Bodhi Blood, the two highest-ranked hidden weapons, one not only needed a considerable Soul Power Level, but also had to be highly proficient in the required techniques.

Cao Yan had only learned these things after the system instilled the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record into him. The Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post could be said to stand alone among throwing-type hidden weapons. If it had been any other one, he absolutely could not have used it with his current abilities.

After all, Tang San had relied on more than twenty years of experience from his previous life to master those techniques. Although Cao Yan had the system, it was naturally impossible for him to master them all at once.

"Ding! The Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post provided by this system can instantly strip an opponent of all cultivation after use. It also carries a slow-acting poison. Once it strikes its target, they will inevitably dissolve into a puddle of pus and blood within three days," the system explained to Cao Yan.

The Yama's Post provided by the system was not as terrifying as the one Tang San had used in the original story, but Cao Yan was already quite satisfied with this effect.

After all, when Tang San made his, he had incorporated dozens of poisons. One could well imagine how dangerous it was.

"Alright, System. Give me the Yama's Post. I need to save this thing for Tang Hao. That guy might come looking for me someday." Cao Yan nodded and urged it on.

"The Yama's Post contains a slow-acting poison and must be stored in a special container to ensure Host's safety. It is recommended that Host use the Mysterious Jade Hand for protection when taking it out," the system reminded him.

"Is that so? Looks like I'll have to visit a blacksmith's shop and make a container." After hearing the system's words, Cao Yan lightly circulated his Soul Power, and his palms turned jade-white.

This was the Mysterious Jade Hand. With this skill, he could basically isolate himself from all poisons.

Cao Yan then went to a blacksmith's shop and personally forged a container to hold the Yama's Post.

Not only that, he also made several basic hidden weapons. These were gifts he had prepared for Xiao Wu.

After all, he already regarded Xiao Wu as his wife. These things were not especially useful to him, but they held great practical value for Xiao Wu.

He had only made three sleeve arrows. Nuoding City had limited metal materials, so he could only make the most basic hidden weapons.

The materials required for even slightly more advanced hidden weapons were extremely demanding. It was not that Cao Yan could not make them.

As for the top three mechanical hidden weapons, not only were their materials exceedingly rare, but their construction methods were incomparably complicated. With his current abilities, he naturally could not make them either.

By the time Cao Yan returned to Nuoding Academy, it was already evening. The sky had completely darkened, yet it was clear overhead, and the atmosphere was peaceful.

The weather this season was at its most comfortable. The air was cool without carrying any chill.

On the academy's field, young couples occasionally passed by. Nuoding Academy was quite humane and allowed puppy love.

Sometimes, one could even see Soul Masters engaging in Dual Cultivation outside the dormitories. This was perfectly normal.

Dual Cultivation after dark was a long-standing tradition among Soul Masters.

"Cao Yan, look, there are so many stars in the sky." Xiao Wu skipped about excitedly, lacking none of the liveliness children her age should have.

"Yeah. The stars in the sky are as beautiful as you are, bright and sparkling like your eyes." Cao Yan nodded, smiling as he looked at Xiao Wu's youthful little face.

"Really?" Hearing Cao Yan praise her, Xiao Wu's pretty face flushed slightly. A pair of snowy-white rabbit ears quietly emerged from her head, making her look exceptionally adorable.

"Mm. I never lie," Cao Yan said honestly.

"Xiao Wu, let me tell you a story about the stars." Cao Yan gently took Xiao Wu's little hand and smiled tenderly.

"Okay." Feeling the warmth from his hand, Xiao Wu replied with a blush.

"Legend has it that, long, long ago, there was a handsome young man with clear brows and bright eyes. One day, when he gazed up at the starry sky, a miracle happened.

"The countless stars in the sky were all captivated by the young man's beauty and transformed into innumerable beautiful fairies. They descended from the heavens into the mortal world, and every fairy willingly married the young man. Later, without exception, they all became his wives.

"However, good times did not last. When the Heavenly Gods learned of this, they flew into a rage and decreed that mortals and immortals could not be together, ordering all the fairies back to the divine realm. After losing his beloved companions, the young man was despondent every day and never sought another love for the rest of his life, because his heart was already filled with an entire sky of stars." The story ended there. When Cao Yan finished speaking, he discovered that Xiao Wu was gazing at him with deep affection in her eyes.

"What a tragic and beautiful story." Xiao Wu could not help saying so. Crystalline light shimmered in her eyes, making them seem like two bright stars.

"Oh, right, Xiao Wu. This is my gift for you." Seeing that Xiao Wu had been moved, Cao Yan held her soft little hand and placed the three sleeve arrows in her palm.

Xiao Wu spread open her little hand, her beautiful eyes fixed on the three sleeve arrows lying in her palm. Her gaze was filled with bashfulness.

She knew that Cao Yan must have some deeper meaning in giving her such a gift.

Could it be that he planned to confess to her?