Chen An: She's Such a Nice Girl

Qian Renxue looked straight into Chen An's eyes, her face full of confidence and pride.

Chen An glanced at the six-year-old blonde girl, who stood half a head shorter than him, and refused without hesitation. "No."

"No? Do you know who I am?" Qian Renxue asked, her eyes widening.

At that, Chen An asked with interest, "Isn't your name Ren Xue? Or are you some little princess from a major Sect or noble family?"

Chen An was rather curious about the little blonde girl's identity, so he took the opportunity to ask.

If the little girl before him really did have a powerful background, he wouldn't mind living off her support.

After all, a Soul Master's cultivation required more than sitting in meditation. It also required all kinds of highly nutritious foods to nourish the body and Soul Power, pills to strengthen one's foundation and accelerate cultivation, treasured locations rich in Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, hunting Soul Beasts, and high-quality Soul Bones...

Without those resources, relying solely on the bitter grind of meditation made cultivation painfully slow—twice the effort for half the result. And only major powers could provide those resources.

Thus, Chen An wasn't opposed to joining an organization. Especially while he was weak, he badly needed a powerful protector. Without one, an Evil Soul Master might gobble him up as a tonic one day.

Hearing Chen An's question, Qian Renxue was just about to say she was Spirit Hall's young master when she abruptly remembered that Spirit Hall had already been destroyed. Her expression sank.

That flawless, adorable face, paired with her forlorn expression and large golden eyes that seemed to have lost their light, made anyone who saw her feel an involuntary pang of sympathy.

Seeing her like this, Chen An guessed that the blonde girl before him must have suffered some drastic upheaval, and immediately spoke up to comfort her.

"Don't be sad. If something's weighing on you, you can tell me."

At his words, Qian Renxue thought, This little brat Chen An has a decent heart, at least.

With that thought, Qian Renxue became even more determined to bring Chen An under her command.

As Spirit Hall's young master, Qian Renxue naturally had her pride. The harder someone was to win over, the more they stirred her fighting spirit.

Qian Renxue silently vowed, Chen An, once my injuries heal, I'll win you over and make you willingly become my subordinate!

While Chen An and Qian Renxue were chatting.

By a river not far from Qinghe Village.

The thinly built Li Wu kept sniffing out Qian Renxue's scent with his wolf nose.

As the possessor of an Evil Wolf Martial Soul, Li Wu had an extremely keen sense of smell. He had long since etched Qian Renxue's scent deep into his memory and followed it all the way here.

"Found you, little girl with the six-winged angel Martial Soul. You're quite the runner. But with this nose of mine, don't even dream of escaping the palm of my hand!"

Li Wu stared toward Qinghe Village, laughed excitedly, and sprinted toward it!

Half an hour later, in Chen An's home, Chen An and Qian Renxue sat cross-legged on the bed, facing each other.

Qian Renxue was teaching Chen An a Meditation Method.

Although Chen An had turned down her olive branch, Qian Renxue considered herself magnanimous. She had decided to win him over with her wisdom, ability, and breadth of spirit, making him join her of his own accord and help her rebuild Spirit Hall.

As Spirit Hall's young master, Qian Renxue naturally possessed one of the finest Meditation Methods from ten thousand years ago, and Chen An studied it diligently.

Listening to Qian Renxue's instruction, Chen An thought, Xiao Xue is such a nice girl. Even after I turned her down, she's still teaching me a Meditation Method. If I'd known, I would've been gentler when I refused her.

Qian Renxue had no idea that Chen An had just handed her a "nice girl" card.

Qian Renxue's lovely voice echoed through the house.

"The essence of a Meditation Method is to efficiently refine Heaven and Earth Origin Energy.

Let Heaven and Earth Origin Energy pass through your meridians, transform into Soul Power, and flow into your dantian to improve your cultivation.

Have you memorized the Soul Power circulation route I just taught you?"

Chen An nodded. "I remember!"

Qian Renxue nodded and praised him. "Little Chen, you have a good memory. But remember, when you practice this Meditation Method, you must never circulate your energy through the wrong meridians. At best, you'll be injured; at worst, your cultivation will run berserk.

So when you first start using the Meditation Method, even if you have to circulate your energy a little more slowly, you mustn't rush and take the wrong route.

Only when circulating it becomes instinctive can you be considered to have mastered it."

Chen An smiled. "Understood. I'll faithfully follow Xiao Xue's teachings!"

Seeing Chen An grinning without a trace of seriousness, Qian Renxue was about to scold him.

But before she could speak, Chen An's expression suddenly changed. He scooped Qian Renxue into his arms and rolled off the bed, dodging onto the floor.

A second later, a blood-red beam half a meter thick blasted the bed into splinters.

After his True Self Martial Soul awakened, Chen An's intuition had become extraordinarily powerful. Once he sensed danger, his body reacted almost instinctively.

"Where did this brat come from? You dare ruin my fun! Just wait—I'll eat you too!"

Boom!!

With one swipe of his sharp wolf claws, Li Wu shredded the door and slowly stepped into the house.

Two Soul Rings, one white and one yellow, rose and revolved around his body. His blood-red eyes fixed greedily on Qian Renxue.

Held in Chen An's arms, Qian Renxue stared with her golden eyes at the Fallen Soul Master who had wounded her that morning. Her expression was extremely grim.

She was badly injured now. In the enclosed space of the house, escaping the Fallen Soul Master's pursuit would probably be very difficult.

Qian Renxue whispered to Chen An, "He's after me. I'll draw his attention in a moment. Hurry and run in the opposite direction."

Chen An glanced down at the blonde girl in his arms and marveled once again, What a wonderful girl.

Then Chen An looked at the red-eyed man who had smashed his front door.

To Chen An's senses, the vicious-looking man before him didn't feel particularly powerful.

In fact, the man's blood vitality seemed weaker than his, and his Spiritual Power was inferior too. He simply had considerably more Soul Power.

Chen An wasn't surprised by his own exceptional stats. He clearly remembered that in the original story, the Soul Masters of the Body Sect all had monstrous physiques. Plenty of them absorbed Soul Rings above their level.

His True Self Martial Soul encompassed both mind and body and was undoubtedly a top-tier body Martial Soul. Having stats like these was only natural.

It was just that his living conditions had been poor. Unlike geniuses born into Sects, academies, or noble families, he hadn't been nourished with treasures such as whale rubber, Shark Pearl, lesser dragon meat, tiger bones, and pills.

Otherwise, his physique would surely have been even stronger.

His bodily instincts told him he could fight this man, and he wouldn't necessarily lose!

Although this red-eyed man was plainly an Evil Soul Master, ultimately he was nothing more than a weakling at the Soul Grandmaster level, with just two Soul Rings, one white and one yellow.

He was bottom-of-the-barrel trash among Evil Soul Masters, and his Martial Soul didn't look strong either.

If they really fought, who would win and who would lose was still an open question.

They were both human, each with one head and two eyes. Kill them, and they died! Who was afraid of whom!

Chen An patted Qian Renxue's little head and said to the Evil Soul Master, "Aren't you full of yourself!"