A Chance Encounter with Nalan Yanran, Yan'er's "Prey"!

Ding!

Congratulations, Host, for successfully checking in at the village entrance. You have received 10,000 Points!

Ding!

Congratulations, Host, for checking in by the river. You have received 10,000 Points!

Ding!

Congratulations, Host, for checking in at the village latrine. You have received 10,000 Points and one Qi Gathering Powder!

It took roughly half an hour for Qi Fan to run all over the village, checking in at countless places.

Especially at the latrine, where he had even obtained a Qi Gathering Powder!

Qi Fan:

System, what does a latrine have to do with gathering qi?

Aside from checking in at these random places, the system had also marked several fixed check-in spots.

However, those spots were located on the Back Mountain...

That was, the forest inhabited by magical beasts!

Lacking confidence, Qi Fan did not yet have the courage to go there. He would wait for a while before considering it.

Under the bewildered gazes of the villagers, Qi Fan ran around the village for nearly an hour before finally stopping.

Sitting beneath the shade of a tree, Qi Fan hurriedly opened the panel to take a look.

Daughter Development System
Host: Qi Fan

Daughter: Qi Yan'er

Cultivation: Five Star Dou Zhe, Daughter: Fifth Stage Dou Qi

Cultivation Techniques, Dou Skills: None

Medicinal Pills: Qi Gathering Powder

Points: 150,000

The attribute panel was bare to an almost ridiculous degree.

His Dou Qi cultivation had only risen to Five Star Dou Zhe because of his daughter.

Still, that was fine.

He had nothing else, but Points were enough.

As long as he had Points, he could protect his precious daughter...

Meanwhile.

On the main road several dozen li from Luo Fan Village.

Two richly dressed people were slowly walking down the middle of the road.

The moment they saw Qi Yan'er, their gazes were immediately drawn to her.

In broad daylight.

A little girl of only seven or eight was walking down the road all by herself.

And she was so pretty and adorable!

Dangerous! Far too dangerous!

Her situation was far too dangerous!

"Such a pretty little sister. What's your name?"

The woman in a pale blue dress, a longsword in hand, looked at Qi Yan'er and asked with a curious smile.

Qi Yan'er blinked her large, watery eyes as she looked at the pretty older sister before her.

"My name is Qi Yan'er. What about you, Sister?"

The woman in blue smiled.

"Nalan Yanran. Yan'er, why are you alone? Where are the adults in your family?"

"I came out to play by myself."

Qi Yan'er blinked as she carefully looked Nalan Yanran up and down.

The look in those big eyes seemed to be... inspecting her, testing her!

It was also like a hunter eyeing her prey!

Being stared at like that by a little girl made Nalan Yanran somewhat awkward.

"Yan'er, where are you going?"

"I'm going to find my mother."

Longing filled Yan'er's eyes.

"What about you, Sister? Where are you going?"

"I'm—"

"Yanran!"

Just as Nalan Yanran was about to speak, the young man beside her interrupted.

"Don't forget the real reason we came out this time."

"Who are you?"

Having her conversation interrupted, Qi Yan'er turned toward the young man with puffed-up cheeks, her little face filled with utter disgust.

Nalan Yanran found her adorable expression so endearing that she smiled indulgently.

"Don't be afraid, Yan'er. This is my senior brother, Mo Li. That's just his personality, so don't take it personally."

Mo Li: (⊙o⊙)?

"Hmph~"

Yan'er gave a soft snort and turned her little head away.

Seeing Qi Yan'er alone, Nalan Yanran was somewhat worried.

"Yan'er, where is your mother? We're heading to Wu Tan City. I wonder if we're going the same way."

Hearing that, Yan'er shook her little head.

"I don't know where my mother is either. Sister Yanran, is Wu Tan City fun?"

"Uh... it should be fun!"

Looking at Qi Yan'er, who had suddenly become excited, Nalan Yanran felt somewhat helpless.

She did not know where her mother was, yet she had come out alone!

What exactly did her father do?

The moment she heard the word "fun," Qi Yan'er grew even more excited and cutely grabbed Nalan Yanran's jade-like hand.

"That's great! Then I'll go to Wu Tan City to find my mother."

"No!"

Mo Li spoke in a low voice from the side.

"Yanran, you know perfectly well what we came here to do. What kind of sense does it make for you to bring along a little girl?"

"So what?"

Nalan Yanran was somewhat impatient.

"No one but my master can stop me from doing what I, Nalan Yanran, want to do. That includes you!"

"..."

Mo Li was rendered speechless by her domineering attitude.

Nor did he have the strength to refute her.

After all, her status was higher than his.

Nalan Yanran was the Sect Mistress's sole personal disciple, while he was, at most, an attendant with slightly better talent.

"Yan'er, don't mind him. Let's go."

With that, Nalan Yanran took Qi Yan'er's hand and walked forward.

Qi Yan'er turned her head and gave him a smug smile.

"Bleh, bleh, bleh~"

"Pfft~ Hahaha!"

Qi Yan'er's adorable little expression made Nalan Yanran burst into laughter.

Yet it was precisely because of her laughter that Mo Li's face behind them turned incomparably livid.

Humiliation!

Naked, blatant humiliation!

He was a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect and the young master of the Mo Clan.

Yet now, not only had he been humiliated by a little girl, but he was also being looked down on by Nalan Yanran, Heaven's Proud Daughter!

At that moment, as Mo Li looked at Nalan Yanran's graceful back, a trace of madness and greed that had not been there before flashed through his eyes.

"Yan'er, your father doesn't know you came out to play, does he?"

"Of course... he does!"

Yan'er smiled proudly.

"I left him a letter before I left!"

"..."

Nalan Yanran was utterly speechless.

This father and daughter pair was something else. One dared to leave a letter, while the other was actually at ease with it!

Her father really had a huge heart!

"I see~ What is your father's name?"

Nalan Yanran was extremely curious about the name of this carefree man.

"Hmm~"

Qi Yan'er rolled her big eyes, her face full of pride.

"Sister Yanran, I can't tell you that~"

"You only need to know that my father is the strongest person in the world. Oh, and he has a nickname: Fan Emperor!"

The strongest person! Fan Emperor!

A Dou Di?

Nalan Yanran's pretty face was filled with astonishment.

This father really knew how to humor a child!

"The strongest! Fan Emperor! Hahahahaha~"

Behind them, Mo Li could not help bursting into loud laughter when he heard that.

"What the hell are you laughing at!"

Hearing his laughter, Qi Yan'er's little face immediately darkened. She turned around and cursed the moment she opened her mouth.

"You..."

Being cursed by a little girl immediately enraged Mo Li.

"You little brat, I—"

"Enough!"

Seeing Mo Li about to rush over, Nalan Yanran shouted coldly.

"Mo Li, you're already this old. Can't you have some shame? Why are you getting worked up over a child?"

"I, I..."

Mo Li was once again rendered speechless.

He was so furious that his nostrils practically spewed steam.

He had lived for over twenty years, yet this was the first time he had suffered such humiliation.

And the reason was merely a six- or seven-year-old little girl!

Mo Li was about to explode with rage.

But if he acted, he would be bullying a child.

If he did not act, he could only endure it. He was practically suffocating with frustration.

After that, Nalan Yanran asked Qi Yan'er a few more questions.

However, Qi Yan'er was extremely clever. Whenever it involved Qi Fan, she gave away nothing at all.

Her old man was already invincible beneath the heavens. He had finally found a quiet place to enjoy some peace, so how could she let people disturb him so casually?

Come to think of it, she had forgotten to make breakfast for Father this morning. He...

He won't starve to death, will he!

Luo Fan Village.

"Achoo~"

Qi Fan looked at the kitchen he had not visited in a long time, his face full of bitterness.

"Sigh~ I have to live alone again..."