Congratulations to the Host for Defeating a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast

By the time Old Jack finished speaking, his face was full of indignation. Though he did not curse Tang Hao in front of Chu Zhao, he had probably cursed him a hundred times in his heart.

"Let Tang San go to Notting City instead. Tang San definitely wants to go, or he would not have asked so much about Spirit Masters just now. His father has no right to interfere with his actions, does he?"

Chu Zhao's opinion of Tang Hao was even worse. Aside from having some accomplishment in Soul Power Level, there was barely anything human about that man.

Just the fact that he had fathered a child but never raised him was already deeply repulsive.

"Little Chu has a point. I need to think of a way to persuade Tang Hao and have Tang San go study too. But you don't need to give up your spot. I'll ask around the neighboring villages and borrow another place. It won't be difficult—not every village has someone who can awaken Soul Power."

With that, Old Jack hurried off again, though not before reminding Chu Zhao, "There are still three months until enrollment at Notting Spirit Master Academy this year. I'll come pick you up and take you to the academy then."

Three months was enough time for Chu Zhao to do many things.

When she had previously gone into the city to deliver medicinal herbs, she had caught a glimpse of a crude map. If she traveled west from Notting City, she would reach the Star Dou Great Forest before long.

A round trip would take no more than a month, but the problem was that she had two tasks!

She could not exactly buy land near the Star Dou Great Forest, could she?

Besides, she did not even have money to buy land!

Over the past three years, even after scrimping and saving, she had only accumulated one hundred Copper Soul Coins—enough to buy just one-tenth of a mu of farmland.

"What a difficult task. I'd better sharpen my scythe first."

Chu Zhao decided not to make things difficult for herself and immediately checked the Death God Scythe Usage Guide. With the intelligence of an adult, it was not hard for her to see that the techniques within were incredibly powerful. They were not only suited for scythes, but could also be applied to other weapons. She could even use her own body as a weapon.

The Longevity Art, meanwhile, was an excellent cultivation method for nourishing the body. At the beginner level, it could nurture and heal oneself. At the intermediate level, it could heal others, and at the advanced level, it could even heal all things in the world.

And!

Once she had started the Longevity Art, she had cultivated inner force and could use Lightness Skill. Leaping over roofs and scaling walls was no longer a dream.

She had originally planned to sharpen her scythe first, but Chu Zhao quickly discovered that there was no need. The moment she had drawn these two things, she had already fully mastered them. No practice was needed—they were automatically maxed out.

"Damn. System products really are premium products."

What reason did she have not to go to the Star Dou Great Forest now?

Star Dou Great Forest.

Using the Longevity Art to travel all the way, Chu Zhao reached her destination in just one day.

Now, all she needed was for a century-old Soul Beast target to appear.

After driving away several ten-year Wind Baboons, Chu Zhao began circling around the outermost area. She did not dare venture deeper in. She valued her life.

As she wandered aimlessly in search of one, Chu Zhao suddenly heard footsteps in the distance. Instinctively wary, she was about to hide, but the other person had already spotted her.

"Who are you? You're so little—how dare you come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone?"

It was the voice of a young girl. Chu Zhao turned around and saw a little girl in a pink dress. She had pink eyes, a long scorpion braid, and a pair of fluffy rabbit ears standing upright on her head. She looked just like a rabbit.

She looked a little like Xiao Wu.

Chu Zhao looked at herself, then at Xiao Wu, and immediately pretended not to understand.

"You're about the same age as me. If you can come here alone, why can't I? Is this place dangerous?"

"Of course I'm different from you. How can you compare yourself to Sister Xiao Wu? I am—"

Xiao Wu nearly blurted out that she was originally a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, that this was her home, and that of course she would be fine here. Chu Zhao, on the other hand, was clearly a human child. It was naturally dangerous for her to be here.

"But what?"

Chu Zhao asked maliciously.

"Nothing! Anyway, we're different. I'm safe here, but you're in danger. You should leave quickly!"

Xiao Wu hurriedly said, trying to drive Chu Zhao away.

She did not like humans, but Chu Zhao looked so young and well-behaved that she did not want to watch her die here.

Who knew how the author of the original novel had set things up? Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, yet her mind was about the same as a child's. Even Chu Zhao, a fake child, felt like teasing her.

"I don't believe you. Why are you so safe? You must be deliberately trying to trick me into leaving."

"You! You—"

Her good intentions had been misunderstood. Xiao Wu was furious, but she did not know how to curse at her.

"Humph! You actually think Sister Xiao Wu is that bad. Unforgivable!"

With her explosive temper, Xiao Wu charged at Chu Zhao on the spot, intending to teach this ungrateful girl a proper lesson. Once she defeated Chu Zhao, she would have an even better reason to persuade her to leave such a dangerous place.

Six-year-old Xiao Wu did possess some skill. Her innate Soft Technique could easily restrain an opponent.

But Chu Zhao was no ordinary person. Beneath that shell was a twenty-first-century heir to Chinese medicine, and she also had a cheat system.

As Xiao Wu closed in, Chu Zhao swiftly pressed the numbing nerve on her arm. Taking advantage of the instant her body went numb, she summoned her Death God Scythe martial soul and held it against Xiao Wu's throat.

The Death God Scythe was incredibly sharp and carried an aura of death. If Chu Zhao's hand so much as trembled, Xiao Wu—the female lead, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form—would die by her hand.

But Chu Zhao simply could not bring herself to do it. Having lived for twenty years in the twenty-first century and received twenty years of education, even knowing that Xiao Wu before her was a Soul Beast, she still could not kill someone wearing the face of a child.

Besides, Xiao Wu had done nothing bad to her. She had even told her to leave out of concern for her safety.

Thus, Chu Zhao drew her scythe quickly, and withdrew it just as quickly.

Yet Xiao Wu still felt that fleeting threat of death. She took several fearful steps back, staring warily and fearfully at the scythe in Chu Zhao's hand.

"You won. No wonder you dared enter the Star Dou Great Forest. What kind of martial soul is that? It looks so scary. And what did you do to me just now? Why couldn't I move all of a sudden?"

Congratulations to the host for defeating the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Soft Bone Rabbit. The novice task has been completed. The reward has been issued. Please check and claim it.

Chu Zhao: Damn!

This counted too?

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Wu took another two small steps forward, looking at Chu Zhao with both concern and curiosity.

"I'm fine. You asked about my martial soul? It's just an ordinary farming tool, a scythe. Just now, I—"

Halfway through her sentence, Chu Zhao's gaze suddenly sharpened as she swept it toward the area behind Xiao Wu.

The next second, she hurled the scythe in her hand at high speed.

The sound of weapons clashing rang out behind Xiao Wu. She hurriedly dodged aside and turned around, only to see Chu Zhao's scythe collide with a Meteor Hammer. From the looks of it, that Meteor Hammer had clearly been aimed at her.

"Hahahahaha... There are actually two little girls. This time, I've hit the jackpot. I can have a proper feast."

A sinister, genderless voice rang out amid a burst of eerie laughter.