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A faint, cool fragrance wafted into her nose, and Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but shiver.

"This gift from your senior brother is a powerful weapon for self-defense. You can shrink your Heaven-Opening Sword and hide it in this bracelet. You can take it out to defend yourself whenever you encounter danger, making it both unexpected and difficult for others to discover."

[It was actually used to protect me? Third Senior Brother, don't you mind if I know your secret?] Ye Zhenzhen still somewhat skeptical; Ye Qingchuan's words were probably not lies.

"Secrets?" Ye Qingchuan chuckled. "You probably have more secrets than I do. Since you're not afraid of me, why should I be afraid of you? I've thought it over carefully. How about we make a pact? We'll keep each other's secrets."

"Okay," the Little Glutinous Rice Ball immediately agreed, "Pinky promise!"

The soft, delicate little finger, warm with a girl's touch, hooked onto the boy's cold hand, calloused from years of sword practice. At the moment the cold and heat clashed, both of them trembled slightly.

It's a strange feeling.

Taking advantage of Ye Zhenzhen's inattention, Ye Qingchuan suddenly leaned towards her, his long, slender hand reaching unceremoniously towards her abdomen.

[What are you doing? Why are you touching me?] Ye Zhenzhen was startled by the cold fingers probing into her abdomen, and then felt very itchy, so she couldn't help but twist and turn.

"Junior Sister, you have neither Spirit Root nor Inner Core." After sensing around her Dantian, Ye Qingchuan couldn't help but frown. "I saw that you already had Foundation Establishment cultivation before, so I thought you had some kind of Heavenly Spirit Root and had already condensed Inner Core. I didn't expect you to have nothing at all. You can absorb Devil Qi, Devil Cultivator have also reached Foundation Establishment, but the Devil Qi and Spiritual Qi in your body don't clash at all, unlike me, who often loses control and suffers pain due to the conflict between Devil Qi and Spiritual Qi."

"Junior Sister, you're becoming more and more unfathomable to me. Who exactly are you?" Ye Qingchuan asked this question that was giving Ye Zhenzhen a headache again.

"Who am I?" Ye Zhenzhen kept repeating this question, feeling utterly bewildered.

She was just a passerby who traveled from another world into this book. She couldn't very well tell him, "You are all two-dimensional characters I saw in the book, and my mission is to save you, right? Who would believe that?"

[Am I a half-demon like you? But neither of my Parents are Devil Race.]

"That's true," Ye Qingchuan murmured.

"[I am who I am, my Parents' daughter, your Junior Sister.]" Ye Zhenzhen said firmly. "[I just have a slightly special constitution, which allows me to foresee the future.]"

"Junior Sister, since that Daoist priest said you have so many tribulations, how about I teach you swordsmanship to protect yourself starting tomorrow?" The young boy's eyes shone, his beautiful Auspicious Phoenix Eyes were slightly upturned, his eyelashes fluttered like butterflies in the night, and the mole on the tip of his nose had a bewitching beauty in the cold moonlight.

As someone who's obsessed with good looks, Ye Zhenzhen felt she'd been bewitched.

She wanted to say that her First Senior Brother had promised to teach her swordsmanship every day, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

However, Ye Qingchuan heard her momentary hesitation and said in a slightly domineering manner, "First Senior Brother has so many sect affairs to attend to, where would he find the time to teach you swordsmanship? Let me teach you instead, it's settled then!"

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Ye Qingchuan was already waiting at Ye Zhenzhen's door.

"Chuan'er, why are you here so early? Are you here to see Zhenzhen?" Xie Jingshu was puzzled when she saw the boy's figure at the door. It seemed that the child had a fight with Zhenzhen a while ago.

Have they made up again?

"Yes, Master's wife, I promised Zhenzhen that I would teach her swordsmanship so that she could learn to protect herself." Ye Qingchuan smiled sweetly, looking completely harmless. Coupled with his naturally handsome face, he was very deceptive, and Xie Jingshu couldn't help but affectionately pat his head.

"Chuan'er, you are such a thoughtful child. I'm entrusting Zhenzhen to you today. Please teach her patiently." Xie Jingshu was very confident in the young boy in front of her. He was always sensible and gentle, and she should be able to tolerate Zhenzhen's willfulness unconditionally.

"Okay, Master's wife." Ye Qingchuan nodded obediently.

So, Ye Zhenzhen, who was still having sweet dreams in her warm bed, was "invited" out of bed by Ye Qingchuan like a little chick.

The early spring morning was still a bit chilly, a season when one sleeps soundly until dawn. Little Glutinous Rice Ball reluctantly followed Ye Qingchuan into the peach grove. "[Third Senior Brother, we're still growing! If you drag me out of bed so early to practice swordsmanship, I won't grow tall, and neither will you!" she complained in her childish voice, yawning repeatedly.

Why should a one-year-old infant have to suffer like this?

"It's alright, we're cultivators, our bodies are naturally stronger than ordinary people, we can sleep less or even not sleep at all." Once it was just Ye Qingchuan and Ye Zhenzhen together, he was like a wolf in sheep's clothing, confidently tearing off the disguise and becoming unrestrained, his smile somewhat wicked.

Actually, the reason he called Ye Zhenzhen to start practicing so early was mainly because he was worried that Ye Qinghui would beat him to it. As the saying goes, "the first to strike wins," as long as he led his Junior Sister to practice swordsmanship every morning, the First Senior Brother would have no way to compete with her for her time.

"Today, let's learn how to control a sword first," Ye Qingchuan said, drawing his Spirit Sword, the Tai Chang Sword. He controlled the Tai Chang Sword, moving it up and down, swaying left and right, and then stood on it and flew around once.

[You're so great, so amazing, so incredible.] Ye Zhenzhen was like an emotionless machine, showering everyone with compliments, but all she could think about was sleeping.

"Why don't you give it a try?" Ye Qingchuan took out another Spirit Sword and placed it in front of Ye Zhenzhen. "The Heaven-Opening Sword cannot be used in front of outsiders. You can use this one first. I bought this Spirit Sword for hundreds of thousands of Superior Spirit Stones. It is a rare Superior-Grade Spirit Sword with special material. It is very light in the hand and suitable for a beginner like you."

"Give it a name first."