Xu Peinian's Diary

"Today was some date in the year 2639 of the Douluo Calendar. I couldn't remember the exact date, but it wasn't important. It was also my third day studying at Spirit Hall Academy.

Every day, apart from breathing exercises and blade practice, there was no other entertainment. My hands were itching anyway. Well, I wasn't exactly a serious person, so I was going to start keeping a diary.

When I got up this morning, I smelled that familiar milky scent again. It was really strange.

I didn't know which bastard had spread word around the academy about my sparring match with the seniors last time. It would've been one thing if the news had merely gotten out, but the rumors became more absurd with every retelling.

What did they mean, I took down over a thousand people by myself? What did they mean, I had weird fetishes and liked humiliating senior sisters?

Those people were just like the unscrupulous clickbait accounts from my previous life. They had utterly ruined my reputation.

I was shaking with anger and cold! How was I supposed to find a wife in the future?!

Hu Liena came again this afternoon. I really didn't understand why someone from Bibi Dong's faction came looking for me every day. Did she not know who I was?

That shouldn't have been possible. As Bibi Dong's only disciple, she had to know at least something about my close connection with Qian Daoliu, the Grand Worshiper.

Forget it. She could do whatever she wanted, as long as she didn't interfere with my cultivation.

I was the Elder Hall's rising star and one of the strongest candidates to become its future successor. I had to stay alert. I absolutely couldn't be bewitched by beauty.

I had to work hard and strive!"

"My fourth day studying at Spirit Hall Academy. Sunny.

The neighbor next door was truly diligent. They left early every morning to cultivate, so I never saw them around, and their lights were still on by the time I went to sleep at night.

Someone so hardworking and dedicated was worth befriending and learning from. If I got the chance, I definitely had to pay them a visit and build a good relationship.

I did my usual breathing exercises in the morning. Nothing happened.

But when I practiced my blade in the afternoon, Hu Liena came again. I had clearly changed locations, so why did she always happen to appear nearby and watch me cultivate?

Could she really have been sent by Bibi Dong to monitor me—or even turn me against my side?

Heh. I, Xu, had thoroughly studied The Art of War. I could see through any scheme at a glance. Bring it on!

Also: I smelled that milky scent again this morning. There also seemed to be a faint, vaguely familiar fragrance.

"My fifth day studying. Cloudy.

Today was really unlucky. I was doing breathing exercises indoors this morning when a lunatic named Ye Bufan stood outside shouting, insisting on a duel between real men. He even said I had stolen his spotlight.

His Soul Power at level twenty-nine at the age of twelve was indeed impressive by outside standards. But I didn't know whether he hadn't heard about my accomplishments from some time ago or whether something was wrong with his brain. He insisted on wasting my time fighting me.

The duel ended, without any surprise, in his defeat. Before leaving, he even made a grand threat, blurting out, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—don't bully the poor young man!' If he hadn't been so insignificant in the original story, I would've thought he was the chosen protagonist, guarded by some old master living inside him.

Hu Liena came again in the afternoon. This time, I couldn't even be bothered changing practice spots. She would find me in the end anyway.

At first, she flirted with and seduced me as usual. Then, for some reason, she suddenly made me swear that I would never have even the slightest connection to anything related to angels.

Sure enough, her map of Yan was too short. Her dagger had been revealed so quickly.

And she still claimed she wasn't sent by Bibi Dong. Luckily, I had stayed wary. If it had been anyone else, they really might have fallen for her trap.

When I refused, she seemed to become a completely different person. Those fox eyes stared at me resentfully, making my scalp crawl.

In the end, for my own safety, I hurriedly ended my blade practice early, made an excuse, and slipped away. It was a good chance to visit the old men at the Elder Hall."

"My sixth day studying. Cloudy, turning sunny.

I talked too late with Teacher Qian Jun Douluo and the others last night, so I simply spent the night at the Elder Hall.

I returned to the academy early this morning to continue cultivating.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly today. Even Hu Liena didn't come to watch me train.

She had probably realized her identity had been exposed and stopped trying to stick herself to me."

"My seventh day studying.

When I woke up early in the morning, my whole body ached, as if someone had clung to me all night while I slept.

Peh, why did my mouth even taste like salted fish?

I had still underestimated Hu Liena—or rather, Bibi Dong's—resolve. I hadn't expected her to dare come again.

But today's Hu Liena looked somewhat different from before.

The Hu Liena of the past few days had been like a gentle, alluring older sister, the kind who would go 'eek, eek' after taking a punch. Today, though, she looked a little like a lunatic—the kind who would swallow someone whole.

What a hassle. I just wanted to cultivate in peace!"

"Day eight.

Hu Liena was still sulking today. When I tried patting her head, she immediately ran away with a blushing face."

"My twelfth day studying. Cloudy, turning sunny.

Hu Liena's biological brother, Xie Yue, and her simp, Yan, came to the training grounds too. And they had come for me.

They shouted that I had made his sister—his goddess—sad and that they were going to teach me a lesson.

I had to admit, they were truly strong. Before even reaching fifteen, they were already level thirty-nine Soul Elders, and they were the sort of geniuses capable of fighting above their level.

If we had really fought, I definitely wouldn't have been able to beat them unless I revealed all my trump cards.

Fortunately, Hu Liena arrived in time. With one sentence, she stopped Xie Yue, the sister-obsessed fool, and Yan, the simp. That spared me a meaningless conflict.

Ever since I patted Hu Liena's head that day, her personality had become more varied.

Normally, she was like a seductive mature beauty. But whenever I mentioned angels, cats, or similar topics, she became as fierce as a fox with its fur standing on end, overflowing with possessiveness. Yet as soon as I rubbed her head, she would obediently cling to me.

To be fair, it felt pretty nice."

"Day twenty. I discovered a shocking secret.

The neighbor living next door was actually Hu Liena!

In order to win me over, they had actually moved her in beside me ahead of time. The more I thought about it, the more terrifying it became."

"Day twenty-eight. Sunny.

Today was a good day, because my Soul Power had risen by one level to level twenty-seven. I was one step closer to becoming a Soul Elder.

When Hu Liena heard that I had advanced, she said she wanted to give me a reward.

Heh. Would I, Xu, be swayed by such worldly things? What Soul Master couldn't withstand a test like this?

Put it this way: as a real man, there was practically no stratagem among the Thirty-Six Stratagems that I, Xu Peinian, couldn't endure.

No, I never said it was a honey trap!

Hu Liena had such an incredible figure. She wore a cutout slip dress, with thigh-high white stockings wrapped around her long legs, the edges of the stockings squeezing up soft rings of flesh.

It seemed they had investigated me thoroughly and knew my weakness.

I, Xu, had merely made the mistake every man made.

Damn it, in the end, I was only allowed to look and not eat. What rotten luck."

"Day thirty. Sunny, with not a cloud in the sky.

My sleep quality had been excellent this past month. I never woke in the middle of the night, though I did tend to dream at night.

I had become used to waking up to that familiar milky scent. I had thought about it for a month without getting anywhere, so I couldn't be bothered dwelling on it anymore.

It couldn't possibly be Sister Liena from next door sneaking into my bed in the middle of the night, could it? Impossible. That would be far too great a sacrifice.

Xu Peinian, you were really repressed. Why did you always think in that direction?

All right, I'll stop here for today. Sister Liena has been calling for me outside for ages. I have to go out."

Xu Peinian closed the diary, placed it in the bottom drawer of his desk, and locked it away. Only then did he push open the door, walk out into the courtyard, and call loudly to the lovely figure standing outside.

"Coming, Sister Liena."

Hu Liena's eyes lit up when she saw him. Naturally, she stepped forward and took Xu Peinian's hand.

"Sister Liena, could you let go of my hand?"

"Isn't it perfectly normal for an older sister to hold her little brother's hand?" Hu Liena tilted her head at him with a half-smile.

Are we even sworn siblings...? Xu Peinian knew she had shifted back into her alluring mature-sister mode and begun teasing him again.

So he said no more and simply let her do as she pleased.