Meanwhile, in the sect leader's cave dwelling on Tianshu Peak.
A short-haired, big-eyed beauty wearing a fiery red dress, less than 1.6 meters tall, was kneeling on the ground, pouting and looking aggrieved.
Her name is Mengli, and she is the biological daughter of Meng Jiaoyue, the sect leader of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect!
Before Mengli stood a beautiful woman dressed in a long black robe, looking at her with a helpless expression.
This beautiful woman was none other than Meng Jiaoyue, the sect leader of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. She was at the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer stage and possessed a mid-grade Heaven Pin Gold Spiritual Root. Although her cultivation level was not the strongest in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, her Combat was the strongest.
The Ten Thousand Swords Sect is primarily composed of sword cultivators, and the Gold Spiritual Root provides the greatest boost to sword cultivators.
The Heaven Pin Gold Spiritual Root grants an extremely terrifying boost to attack power.
It can be said that within the Hundred Thousand Mountains region, Meng Jiaoyue's Combat is definitely among the top three.
"The path of cultivation requires taking one step at a time, and it demands a calm and focused mind. You cannot afford to be impatient in the slightest. But you, with your restless and unruly nature, have taken the wrong path."
" Yuan-Gathering Pill, that's a pill that only Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators can take. How dare you, a Xiaoxiao Qi Refining Stage, take it so recklessly?" Meng Jiaoyue tapped Mengli's little head angrily.
"Mom, I was wrong!" Mengli said, looking aggrieved.
"Hmph, you're acting all aggrieved. If I hadn't discovered it in time, you'd be finished by now."
"I don't know what's wrong with your brain! You know perfectly well that the Yuan-Gathering Pill is Foundation Establishment Stage pill, yet you still dare to take it recklessly! You're really infuriating!"
"I'm just... just curious!" Mengli whispered.
Meng Jiaoyue rubbed her temples.
This daughter of hers was born more than a hundred years ago to her and her Daoist partner, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
However, this child was born with insufficient Innate Spiritual Essence. If his Spiritual Essence is not replenished, he will be mentally challenged even if he grows up.
Mengli's father ventured alone into a secret realm a hundred years ago in search of rare and precious materials to replenish Spiritual Essence energy. Although he successfully retrieved the Spiritual Essence energy, he was severely injured and his cultivation was destroyed.
He died a few years later.
Mengli, on the other hand, was placed under Restriction by Meng Jiaoyue, which restricted her physical growth and put her into a deep sleep, so that Mengli could better absorb Spiritual Essence.
Mengli was nourished by Spiritual Essence substances for a hundred years before her Spiritual Essence was finally replenished.
Therefore, Mengli's actual age is over one hundred years old.
Nineteen years ago, Mengli woke up and the Restriction were lifted, allowing her to grow up like a normal child.
Perhaps due to insufficient Spiritual Essence energy, Mengli was rather short, less than 1.6 meters tall.
He looks more like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child.
Meng Jiaoyue only has this one daughter, so she dotes on Mengli.
This fostered Mengli's Lawless personality.
Within the sect, this little girl's cultivation level wasn't high, but her destructive power was extremely strong; all seven peaks of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had been wreaked havoc by this little devil.
In the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, he was someone that everyone would avoid.
"How are you feeling now?" Meng Jiaoyue asked.
"It hurts, my whole body aches," Mengli said, sounding aggrieved.
"See if you dare to take those pills recklessly again!"
"I wouldn't dare, I absolutely wouldn't dare." Mengli quickly shook her head.
"Hmph, I hope you really realize your mistake. This is Ninth Pin Healing Pill. After you take it, focus on your cultivation. If you're still at the bottom in the sect competition three months from now, I'll Lockdown you to BeiDou Mountain."
"Don't worry, Mother. Your daughter now has a system. I guarantee I'll bring you first place in the sect competition three months from now."
Meng Jiaoyue asked in confusion, "What washing tub? What strange thing are you making now?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Um, Mother, I'm going back to cultivate. See you tomorrow!"
Mengli covered her mouth, turned around and ran out of Meng Jiaoyue's cave.
Back in her cave, Mengli looked up at the sky and asked, "System, system, you said the target has appeared. Tell me where it is right away, let's go kidnap it immediately."
[Ding, host, it's a binding, not a kidnapping!]
"What's the difference? It's all the same—binding, kidnapping, it's all the same."
[Ding, a reminder to the host: if the target's Affection towards you becomes negative, the binding will be automatically terminated. Once the binding is terminated, the system will also terminate its binding with the host and search for a new host.]
The beautiful, large eyes in the dream blinked. " Affection?"
[Ding, yes, Affection is very important. The higher the Affection of your target, the greater the system rewards you will receive.]
[Ding! This system is Binding Monster-Slaying Level-Up System. Defeating Mortal Tier or Mortal Tier beings will grant you experience points, magical items, cultivation techniques, and Mage God.]
[Ding! The higher your Affection with your bound target, the more experience points you'll gain and the higher your monster drop rate. Therefore, you must maintain Affection with your bound target.]
Mengli nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite. "You just said that the binding target has appeared, but who is the binding target, where is it, and how do I bind to it?"
[Ding, the target's name is Ling Yi, 17 years old this year, with a low-grade Mortal Pin five-elemental Spiritual Root, an orphan with no parents, a martial arts cultivator, and currently at the Great Heavenly Master level.]
"A low-grade Mortal Pin, and with five Spiritual Root at that? Doesn't that make him a useless piece of trash?"
[Ding, please pay attention to the important point, host. The opponent is now a martial artist at the Great Heavenly Master level. Do you know what this means?]
Mengli tilted her head. "What does it mean?"
[Ding, this system is speechless...]
"What's wrong?"
[Ding! Great Heavenly Master realm, equivalent to the Golden Core Realm at its Perfection in the Immortal Realm.]
Although Mengli was usually lazy and mischievous, she still knew what the Golden Core Realm meant.
Wow, that's amazing!
[Ding! Because Ling Yi's Spiritual Root grade is too low, he has been assigned to the Menial Peak and become a disciple Menial Peak.]
"Huh? Isn't he the Great Heavenly Master?"
[Ding! Ling Yi has concealed his cultivation level, not wanting to reveal his identity as a martial arts cultivator.]
"Why?"
[Ding, then you'll have to go ask Ling Yi yourself.]
[Ding, there are two ways to bind with Ling Yi: one is to have physical contact with him for ten breaths, and the other is to raise his Affection to 60 or higher.]
[Ding, navigation function has been activated for the host. You can turn it on or off with your thoughts. This system has a headache and needs to rest. Goodbye!]
As the system's voice faded, a bright golden directional arrow appeared before Mengli's eyes.
With a thought, Mengli's directional arrow disappeared, only to reappear a moment later.
"Huh? Is this fun?" Mengli clapped her hands.
"Let's go find my target. The sooner we bind, the sooner we can activate the system."
It was already dark, and most of the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect were either cultivating or resting.
Apart from a few guards on duty, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was much quieter than during the day.
Mengli ran out of the cave and Summon a radiant Flying Sword. She made a hand seal, and the Flying Sword instantly grew larger. Mengli jumped onto the Flying Sword, Flying Sword wobbled a few times before flying away from Tianshu Peak.
After Mengli flew away, Meng Jiaoyue, dressed in pure white, suddenly appeared.
She frowned as she watched the direction her beloved daughter had flown away.
"Where could this brat be going so late? And what's that laundry tub she's talking about? Could it be...?"
Thinking of this, Meng Jiaoyue's face darkened, and her body transformed into a streak of light, flying after Mengli.