Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 1403: Tempering

So he didn’t find another swordsmanship for his disciple; the best isn’t necessarily the most suitable for him.

Time passed like this, and it was three months before Tan Shaoting and his family of three descended the mountain.

Su Yuanyuan’s cultivation had been stable for quite some time. Qi Wen had also reached the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer. This time, the family planned to go out on a mission together, accompanying their daughter.

There were only three months left until the open selection. They had their schedule fully packed.

In the mission hall, Qi Wen met some friends.

"I’m not going with you; I’m going with my parents."

"Qi Wen, I’m really envious of you."

"Haha." What could she say? She could only smile. She knew her parents were most anxious about her. She was the happiest, even more than her two younger brothers. It could be said that everyone in the family was accommodating her.

After accepting the mission, the family descended the mountain. Everything was just like usual. Qi Wen kept killing demon beasts along the way, and her cultivation was completely stable now.

That day, after Qi Wen had just finished cleaning up the battlefield, a few people came over.

She squinted her eyes; among them was Chen Xiaorui.

Chen Xiaorui also noticed Qi Wen. Her mindset had improved greatly, though she still thought of her senior brother occasionally. But she knew it was just wishful thinking, as she hadn’t seen her senior brother for almost a year.

Sometimes she thought perhaps that person wasn’t really her senior brother, just her imagination.

Qi Wen didn’t pay them any mind and wanted to leave after tidying up, as her parents were waiting for her up ahead.

Tan Shaoting was already aware of the situation surrounding his daughter.

Seeing Chen Xiaorui now at the Qi Refining Seventh Level, she had indeed made considerable progress. Her face reflected her heart, and the girl seemed to have found peace.

Su Yuanyuan was also aware but said nothing.

"Wait a moment, Dao You."

Qi Wen completely ignored them and continued forward.

Suddenly, with an eerie posture, she evaded an attack. With a wave of her hand, she launched a direct sword strike at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivator who had attacked her. With just this one move, that cultivator was eliminated.

The remaining few were terrified, looking at Qi Wen in fear.

Qi Wen continued walking forward, not caring about the people behind her.

Chen Xiaorui watched Qi Wen like this, and jealousy arose within her.

Why could she live so freely, able to easily kill cultivators she didn’t like?

But she lived so cautiously? Why was it so unfair?

Su Yuanyuan had been observing this, noticing Chen Xiaorui’s abnormality.

She tugged at Tan Shaoting, "Look at Chen Xiaorui."

Tan Shaoting’s Divine Sense went over again and also noticed Chen Xiaorui’s difference.

"What’s happening? Demonization?"

Tan Shaoting frowned, "I don’t know, but there must be an issue. This matter is inconvenient for me to handle; it’s better to report it to the sect."

Su Yuanyuan had no objections. This continent and the Demon Realm had been separated for tens of thousands of years. Ever since encountering the Demon Cultivator last time, their family had been keeping a close eye on information regarding this.

Tan Shaoting sent a message to the Deacon Hall. By this time, their daughter had already reached them.

"Why are you so agitated?" Su Yuanyuan asked, smiling at her daughter.

"Mother, I don’t know either. Seeing that Chen Xiaorui just unsettled me."

"It’s unrelated to you."

Qi Wen nodded. "That person truly intended to harm me." At heart, she remained a child mindful of laws.

Su Yuanyuan smiled, holding her daughter’s hand, "It’s okay, Qi Wen. You should adapt more here. This is a place where strength reigns supreme, not like where we stayed before."

Qi Wen nodded, "Mm, I understand."

Tan Shaoting followed behind the mother and daughter. He had come to terms with the reality; in a past life she was his junior sister, but in this life merely a stranger.

Chen Xiaorui stood there for quite a while, deflated like a balloon.

"Mr. Chen, what’s wrong with you? Just now, I felt an aura of hostility surrounding you."

Chen Xiaorui shook her head weakly, "I don’t know either. I feel there’s an issue with my state of mind. I want to go back, sorry everyone."

The three knew it wasn’t an excuse; she had indeed been tremendously frightening earlier.

"Wait a moment, Mr. Chen. What about Jiang Dao You?"

Chen Xiaorui shook her head, "You’re familiar with her, find a solution yourselves. I’m not shirking; I’m genuinely unwell and exhausted." After saying this, she hurriedly left.

The remaining three discussed briefly, collected her body, and returned it to her family.

Father Jiang and Aunt Jiang were heartbroken upon seeing their daughter’s corpse. After learning the details, "Can disciples of the sect recklessly kill the innocent?"

"Aunt Jiang, it was Xiao Ling who initiated the attack."

"It was just an attack; wasn’t she unharmed?"

Father Jiang held back his still-talking wife, "Thank you."

The trio hastily left. They had known Jiang Ailing to be unreasonable, but it seemed this was a familial trait. If you attack others and get killed, are others supposed to just wait to be attacked?

Better not to deal with such people anymore; it’s truly difficult to explain.

Chen Xiaorui returned home. She didn’t even enter the house. She just remembered sitting in the courtyard cultivating, right during the height of the midday sun.

In the past, she naively thought she had eliminated the Evil Spirit. But she realized it wasn’t the case earlier.

She knew the Evil Spirit feared sunlight, so she had no choice but to cultivate under the sun.

The Deacon Hall received Tan Shaoting’s message and regarded it seriously, promptly sending someone over.

They found Chen Xiaorui’s residence and immediately noticed her cultivating under the sun, clearly not in a normal state.

The leader was merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and couldn’t resolve it, and moving the female cultivator hastily wasn’t advisable. She had to send another message to the Deacon Hall.

This time, a Golden Core Cultivator quickly arrived and directly used a Magic Artifact to contain Chen Xiaorui.

Tan Shaoting relaxed upon receiving the message, hoping she would live well in this life.

They were now in the inner circle. Su Yuanyuan was on a mission.

Tan Shaoting was watching over everything, and Qi Wen would also go along to kill demon beasts. Only if there was danger would Tan Shaoting intervene.

Su Yuanyuan was increasingly fluent in her actions, being able to see through the opponent’s attack patterns as well as those of demon beasts.

Tan Shaoting watched his wife’s performance with envy, as she was now battling a late-stage Fifth Rank Heaven-devouring Wolf.

He could see his wife undoubtedly capable of killing the Heaven-devouring Wolf; she was completely familiarizing herself with its attacks.

Qi Wen’s battle with a Fourth Rank Heaven-devouring Wolf wasn’t falling behind either.

So there’s no need to worry about the selection and ranking competitions.

Watching his wife’s attacks, they were exceptionally precise. It was as if she knew the Heaven-devouring Wolf’s attack patterns.