Chapter 3

It was already May, leaving only two months until the sect recruitment. Aside from their daily routine training, the little turnip sprouts were occasionally told by the elders about things to pay attention to when going to the Azure Tide Sect.

The weather grew hotter day by day. Su Jiu, who had originally thought she could quietly wait until July, heard a medium-sized rumor on the street.

Today she was accompanying Su Mianmian to the street to buy jewelry. In Su Mianmian's words, even those who practiced immortality had to be the most beautiful ones.

The two strolled around the city for a short half-day until, at the hottest hour of noon, Su Mianmian could no longer endure it and sprinted with Su Jiu to a teahouse.

"Boss, a pot of Green Snail Spring," Su Jiu beckoned.

Su Mianmian continuously wiped the sweat stains from her forehead with a small handkerchief. "You say it's only mid-May, how is it already starting to get hot?"

Su Jiu also held a hint of doubt in her heart. The climate of Peace City had always been quite good. Because it belonged to a hilly region and was surrounded by the sea on one side, in past years it only began to get hot in August. This year, May was clearly unusual in its heat.

Before long, the tea was served, and Su Jiu poured a cup for Su Mianmian first.

"Have you heard? The Ran Lineage in Li City was wiped out overnight, tsk."

"The Ran Lineage? That largest cultivation lineage in Li City?"

"Arrogant and despotic all day and all night, I guess some junior unintentionally offended someone, I suppose."

"And yet we've never heard of any lineage within a hundred miles around having this level of capability, able to slaughter everyone clean overnight without making the slightest sound."

"I heard that the next day, it was only because blood flowed out from the door cracks that the tragic case of the Ran Lineage was discovered."

Su Jiu glanced sideways slightly, discovering that those few people wearing bamboo hats looked quite sturdy and did not resemble ordinary people.

Regarding the incident of the Ran Lineage's annihilation, in her past life she had known of it, but it was merely knowing and nothing more; she hadn't paid excessive attention. At the same time, she knew that the troublesome illegitimate Young Lady of the Bai Lineage had disappeared for a month. When she returned, she unexpectedly possessed cultivation, an affair that also caused various lineages to discuss it for several days.

Su Jiu had read that strange book, so she knew Bai Su hadn't disappeared at all, but rather went to the Ran Lineage and saved the eldest young master of the Ran Lineage, who hadn't completely breathed his last. To thank her, the eldest young master of the Ran Lineage taught her Qi Induction.

And this eldest young master of the Ran Lineage was precisely her very first harem.

"Su! Jiu!" Su Mianmian waved her hand in front of Su Jiu.

Su Jiu turned her head to look at the bright and vibrant young girl, a trace of lingering bewilderment still on her face.

"I've called you several times!! What on earth are you thinking about!!!"

"I was thinking that someone as irritable as you must surely have a Fire Spiritual Root," Su Jiu's face brushed with a trace of teasing.

Su Mianmian didn't show weakness either. "If you're as blank and wooden as a piece of wood, wouldn't that just make you have a Wood Spiritual Root?"

The bickering of two little girls basically attracted no one's attention, yet there was no lack of bored individuals either.

At this moment on the second floor of the teahouse, there was precisely such a young man dressed in dazzling gold paying attention to the two little girls. That youth wielded a folding fan; if not for his attire, he indeed possessed somewhat the demeanor of a dashing young gentleman.

"You tell me, if the little turnip sprout in red has a good Spirit Root, in the future she's very likely to be my fiancée?" Bai Yi's expression shifted slightly, and he merely felt it was exceptionally terrifying. What he liked were pretty, mature, gentle types; even when grown up, such a girl would be too much for anyone to bear.

At this moment, several people dressed in white garments entered the teahouse once more. The sleeve cuffs of these white-garmented individuals all bore black patterns.

Su Jiu shook her cup, wearing a thoughtful look. These few were Outer Gate disciples of the Azure Tide Sect.

The young gentleman on the second floor also narrowed his eyes, saying in a low voice, "Isn't there still two months? How is it that people from the Azure Tide Sect have already come down at this time?"

The moment these few entered the door, they attracted the gazes of most people. After all, dressed just like immortals, very few ordinary commoners had ever laid eyes on people of cultivation.

"Boss, just casually bring up a pot of tea," the speaking youth's voice was very gentle.

"It's truly annoying to death, every time we come down to do a mission we have to be surrounded and watched like monkeys," another youth's temper was not quite so good.

"I told you we should have cleared the place."

The youth who spoke first shook his head at the two of them, saying in a low voice, "Don't stir up trouble."

Su Jiu always felt that this leading youth was somewhat familiar, but perhaps it was because too much time had passed, and many people had gradually grown blurry in her impression.

Su Jiu guessed that they were likely sent down from above to investigate the incident of the Ran Lineage.

The gentle youth seemed to have perceived Su Jiu's gaze and looked back, discovering unexpectedly that it was a small female child. This female child's features leaned towards cold and aloof, yet she happened to possess a pair of beautiful peach-blossom eyes. The most eye-catching feature was probably the cyan tear mole at the corner of her left eye; it wasn't hard to tell that this girl should also be a beauty when she grew up.

The youth smiled gently at Su Jiu, then turned his head to murmur in low tones with his companion.

"This youth is truly good-looking," Su Mianmian cupped her face and couldn't help sighing in admiration.

Su Jiu almost laughed out loud. "How old are you even, and you're already longing for romance?"

"Su Jiu! You're asking for a beating!" Making a gesture, she lunged toward Su Jiu's body.

The youth on the second floor watched the female child downstairs, unable to help clicking his tongue and shaking his head. "Truly lacking even a shred of a girl's modesty, barbarous enough to make one stare."

The steward following beside the youth moved his mouth, yet still didn't voice what he felt inside: Young master, she's only six years old.

After a few more days, she indeed heard the news of the disappearance of the Bai Lineage's illegitimate Young Lady, yet the Bai Lineage seemed not to care very much about this Young Lady either.

As for the Su Family, around early June, two major events occurred. The first was that the third elder's youngest daughter was married off, marrying into the Chen Lineage. The second was that the lineage head temporarily organized a hunt, yet only took family cultivators who possessed cultivation along; children had no qualifications to go.

The other three lineages held this exact same hunt as well. Their targets were all at Great March Mountain.

In her past life, she was a true female child and had long since forgotten the events that occurred in her early youth, while regarding Great March Mountain, there was no record in the book either.

The only thing she remembered was that during this hunt, the Four Great Households suffered heavy losses. In the end, it was still the Azure Tide Sect that pacified this incident, but as to what on earth happened within Great March Mountain, those who survived refused to breathe a single word.

She desperately wanted to stop them from going to Great March Mountain, but after all she was a child, her words carried no weight, and others merely regarded her as a child making a reckless fuss.

In the end, the Su Family Head was driven to a headache by her fussing and could only promise her to bring more defensive Dharma artifacts and Minor Restoration Pills.

Su Mianmian watched Su Jiu returning from the main hall, staring at her with hesitation. "From the time I was little until now, this is the first time I've seen you make a reckless fuss in front of the elders. Enough playing the well-behaved girl?"

Su Jiu was helpless; she truly wasn't making a reckless fuss. "I simply had a very bad dream."

"Just a dream, is it worth scaring yourself like this?"

Su Jiu cast a gloomy look her way. When the elders return, you'll know whether it's worth it or not.

Su Mianmian was made to feel hair-raisingly terrified by this single glance from Su Jiu.