Yae Miko

Just as Lu Jingming began to question his very existence, something even worse happened.

Because the City Lord—Lu Jingming's father—had fallen in battle, several noble factions with grudges against the Lu Family attempted to snatch the credit for defending Haiyuan City against the Sea Soul Beast invasion. At the same time, they coveted the Lu Family's position as City Lord.

Several ill-intentioned noble factions joined forces and struck at both the Lu Family and its ally, the Zhang Family. The City Lord's Manor had been greatly weakened by the defense against the Sea Soul Beast invasion, while over half of the Zhang Family's elite had also been lost, leaving their situation perilous.

Just as the City Lord's Manor was about to be breached and the enemy was about to charge inside, Lu Jingming finally figured out what was going on.

Although his start in this life could only be described as catastrophic, fortunately, he was not entirely without cards to play.

At the moment he had met his end by accident in his previous life, he had fortuitously obtained a portion of the True Authority.

It was precisely because of this True Authority that he had been given the chance to reincarnate.

Though the start of this life had been somewhat awful—losing his father in this life the moment he was born and even facing the desperate situation of being exterminated soon after—he did not panic. Instead, he decisively used all the remaining True Power he had after reincarnating.

With that power, Lu Jingming shattered the boundary between illusion and reality, successfully materializing a character from a game in his previous life.

Amid a burst of dazzling light, a female swordswoman appeared before him, who was still only an infant. She held an Ice Sword, her silver hair fluttering in the wind.

The instant the swordswoman appeared, she fell silent for only a moment. Without needing any explanation from Lu Jingming, she seemed to have seen through everything.

Then, she gently picked up the infant Lu Jingming and calmly walked out of the City Lord's Manor.

Her figure flashed, and cold light flickered from the Ice Sword in her hand. Every swing released a blade of sword energy that chilled the air.

Under her sword, the Soul Masters who had joined the rebellion and invaded the City Lord's Manor fell like ants.

Everyone witnessed what it truly meant to kill one with every slash.

Even the Soul Sage patriarchs of the leading noble families could not block a casual strike from the swordswoman.

After that harrowing rebellion, those ambitious noble families were completely destroyed, vanishing from the stage of Haiyuan City's history.

As Lu Jingming passed by the City Lord's Manor kitchen, a pink figure shot out of it like lightning. With a whoosh, it pounced directly onto Lu Jingming.

Then, the figure nimbly scrambled up onto Lu Jingming's head in just a few movements and settled there securely.

Lu Jingming's body abruptly stiffened. Instinctively, he reached up and grabbed the audacious little fellow perched on his head.

He found himself holding a soft, adorable Pink-haired little fox, whose appearance was utterly endearing.

Perhaps Lu Jingming had grabbed her too roughly, because the Pink-haired little fox let out an unhappy series of little yips. Her two furry paws kept swiping futilely through the air, looking adorably fierce enough to make anyone laugh.

"Miko, how many times have I told you? You're not allowed to run wild on this City Lord's head, understand? Hm? Did you sneak into the kitchen to steal Fried Tofu again?" Lu Jingming scolded the Pink-haired little fox with feigned severity, but as he looked closely, he suddenly spotted a trace of grease at the corner of her mouth.

In an instant, he understood. This gluttonous Pink-Haired Fox had definitely snuck into the kitchen to mooch food again.

After all, as the pet of the young City Lord himself, the kitchen staff did not dare offend this quirky little fox lightly.

Whenever the little fox strutted into the kitchen, the chefs would greet her with broad smiles and respectfully offer up her favorite delicacy—Fried Tofu.

"Yip yip." The little fox seemed to understand Lu Jingming's words. She waved her tiny paw, lifted her furry little head, and gazed at him expectantly. She was clearly asking him to wipe the grease from the corner of her mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Jingming could not help rolling his eyes. Am I the master here, or is this Pink-Haired Fox the master? Why does it feel like everything's backwards?

Still, thanks to the little fox's sudden mischief, Lu Jingming's previously frantic and anxious mood gradually calmed down.

Only then did he remember that there were still at least half an hour before the martial soul awakening.

Besides, the Awakening Hall was inside the City Lord's Manor. At his speed, it would only take a few minutes to get there.

Once he thought about it, he immediately realized that Zhang Lexuan had clearly been trying to scare him earlier. He had only panicked because he was too afraid of being punished by Jing Liu.

After calming down, Lu Jingming was no longer in such a frantic rush. He leisurely took an exquisite handkerchief from his clothes and carefully wiped the grease from the corner of the Pink-haired little fox's mouth, his movements gentle and meticulous.

Then, he gently held the little fox in his arms, buried his face in her fur, and took two deep sniffs.

This soft and adorable little fox was only palm-sized. She was squishy and warm in his hands, simply the perfect hand warmer, impossible to put down.

However, whenever Lu Jingming thought of the sly and black-bellied personality this Pink-Haired Fox would have once she grew up, he could not help but feel a headache coming on.

Back then, he had originally intended to use True Power to summon that ravishing, elegant, and gentle pink-haired shrine maiden to help him manage the enormous City Lord's Manor.

Who would have thought that although the process of turning illusion into reality had succeeded, his True Power had been insufficient and energy was lacking, causing the pink-haired shrine maiden to undergo a dramatic size change on the spot.

The once graceful woman had suddenly turned into the tiny Pink-haired little fox before him, and even her intelligence had regressed to that of a child.

Who knew how long it would take before she could turn back into the elegant, black-bellied Chief Priestess whom Lu Jingming remembered so well?

That's right. This adorable little fox was precisely an existence materialized by Lu Jingming using True Power.

Her prototype came from a popular mobile game from his previous life—Genshin Impact—the much-admired Chief Priestess of Narukami Grand Shrine, Yae Miko.

Holding the soft and adorable Miko in his arms, Lu Jingming strolled unhurriedly into the awakening room.

The moment he stepped into the room covered in runes, a light and pleasant fragrance wafted toward him, instantly lingering around his nose and refreshing his mind.

His gaze instinctively sought the source of the fragrance, and he saw several ancient-looking stone pillars standing in the awakening room.

Do not underestimate these seemingly ordinary stone pillars. Each one was extremely valuable, worth several thousand Gold Soul Coins.

These stone pillars were forged from an exceptionally special ore—Spirit Condensing Stone.