Junior sister, keep forbear for a while, I almost become invincible as soon!

One night changed the fate of two powers. Because of this, Fairy Valley never recovered, and Wuji Sect rose... Of course, that’s a story for later.

The unbelieving Great Elder of Fairy Valley was still eagerly awaiting the Fairy’s response. He hadn’t imagined that even after two days, there would still be no message from her.

The high-level officials from the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Courts gathered to discuss their plans for the upcoming new student competition. Just then, a middle-aged man with a pale face rushed over in a fluster. "They’ve disappeared!"

"What’s disappeared?"

"The people have disappeared!" he said, his voice trembling.

The young talents from the four major Courts—the designated participants in the competition, including some older ones—had vanished into thin air over these past two days.

The expressions of everyone present changed dramatically.

"Who did this?"

"Where are they?"

"What happened?"

「Elsewhere.」

The Great Elder of Fairy Valley also received the news. His eyelids twitched, and he almost vomited blood. "What did you say?"

The person below answered, "They’re all gone."

"Where’s Liu Kuangyi?" the Great Elder demanded, his eyes bulging with fury.

"He’s gone as well."

"What about Bai Yisheng?"

"..."

AAAAH!

In an instant, the Great Elder was burning with rage. He remembered that bastard Chen Pingping, who had said he would come to Fairy Valley to select people. At the time, he hadn’t believed it and had scoffed at the idea, never expecting it to be true...

That bastard had taken a group of young talents from Fairy Valley’s Fifth Court. Not only that, but Liu Kuangyi, Bai Yisheng, and the Fairy had also disappeared along with them.

Damn it! He actually dared to do such a thing.

The Great Elder’s face was fearsomely grim. "Keep this matter confidential for now. The new student competition is about to begin."

The man below was almost in tears. "Great Elder, the young talents from the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Courts are all... all..."

Great Elder: ???

The young talents from all of Fairy Valley’s Five Great Courts had been plundered, all taken away by Chen Pingping. If nothing unexpected happened, the upcoming new student competition would likely have no participants.

This was good news for the Fifth Court, but very bad for Fairy Valley.

The Great Elder, his face stiff, came forward and revealed the truth and the culprit.

The high officials of Fairy Valley were furious.

"Lock down the information! Don’t spread the word!" They reached a consensus: they would launch a campaign against the Wuji Sect. No, they would directly bulldoze the Wuji Sect and erase this damned sect from existence.

Tens of thousands of years had passed. Though Fairy Valley had seen its share of hard times, no one had ever dared to poach from its ranks. Much less had anyone dared to commit such deplorable acts right under their noses, in full view of everyone. Had they no shame?

A Steward suddenly spoke up, "Does that Chen Pingping from the Wuji Sect really possess such extraordinary abilities? To be able to lead away so many young talents from our Fairy Valley without a trace?" He was skeptical, thinking there was more to the story.

At these words, everyone turned their gaze to the Great Elder...

When they first received the news, everyone was dumbfounded. Hearing from the Great Elder about the perpetrator and the truth, their anger flared. But now that they’d calmed down and thought about it, the Steward’s doubt seemed reasonable.

Wasn’t Chen Pingping from the Wuji Sect just a cultivator at the Imperial Path realm? What capabilities did he have to lead away a group of young talents from Fairy Valley right under the noses of more than a dozen Saint Realm powerhouses? Something was definitely fishy.

HEH!

The Second Court Master sneered, "Could this be a self-staged drama by the Fifth Court?"

If Chen Pingping were here to see this, he would undoubtedly be very pleased. Fairy Valley is going to split, just as expected. Luckily, I, Chen Pingping, was smart enough to help accelerate their division, making their downfall less painful.

「......」

「Deep within the City of Extinction.」

Mao Qiu had opened up an entirely new small world, releasing a group of young talents from Fairy Valley.

Subsequently, Jiang Ni’er summoned Li Qi and instructed him, "They are all young talents from Fairy Valley. Your Master said that your task is to make them part of the Wuji Sect."

Li Qi opened his mouth slightly, a bit dumbfounded. Wasn’t his Master off to carry out a task from Senior Yu Changfeng? Why had he suddenly brought back so many talents from Fairy Valley? What on earth had he done?

After giving him the instructions, Jiang Ni’er, along with Mao Qiu, opened up another small world and then stepped into it with Bai Yisheng, Liu Kuangyi, and the scholar, among others.

When the groups met, they stared at each other, dumbfounded. They all recalled Chen Pingping’s absurd words: "I’m only informing you. You are the first person to know, and you are the person I, Chen Pingping, trust the most. You will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility: shouldering the legacy of Fairy Valley. Do not let down the great expectations of our Forefather!"

His words had been so earnest and impassioned, yet upon arrival, each found that besides themselves, there was a whole group of others.

To think we believed his nonsense! The scholar’s face was stiff.

Bai Yisheng also had a stern face. He remembered that when he had left, the scholar had still been lingering in the Fifth Court.

"Calm down. Since we all made the same choice, it means we no longer have a way back," Liu Kuangyi tried to mediate.

"Where is Chen Pingping?" the scholar asked through gritted teeth, looking towards Jiang Ni’er not far away.

"He has gone out," Jiang Ni’er replied.

"Where is the Ancestor?" Bai Yisheng inquired.

"Wait..."

"What do you mean?"

"Wait for Chen to return," Jiang Ni’er said with a sigh.

"This isn’t the Wuji Sect, is it?" the scholar asked after looking around for a moment.

Jiang Ni’er blinked and smiled. "No, it isn’t!"

"What do you mean?" the scholar asked, slightly angry. "I betrayed Fairy Valley and followed him here, only to find I have no right to join the Wuji Sect? No right to see the Ancestor?"

Bai Yisheng too looked unhappy. Of course, joining the Wuji Sect or not didn’t really matter to them. What mattered was meeting Yu Changfeng.

SIGH! Liu Kuangyi wanted to smooth things over too, but Chen Pingping’s actions were indeed a bit much. They had come for the Ancestor, and after betraying Fairy Valley... they couldn’t even see the Ancestor’s shadow. This wouldn’t do.

Jiang Ni’er frowned, recalling Chen Pingping’s instructions. If they caused trouble, she was to try and appease them as much as possible. If that didn’t work, she was to ’handle it herself.’

But how? How was she to ’handle it herself’? This question warranted deep thought.

After a moment of contemplation, Jiang Ni’er said, "If you can defeat our Junior Sister, I’ll let you join the Wuji Sect!"

"’Junior Sister?’" Liu Kuangyi asked, taken aback. Hearing that form of address, he guessed she must be very young, probably just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

"Junior Sister Zi Ji," she replied seriously.

PFFT! The scholar’s face was full of disbelief. "Is there no one left in the Wuji Sect?" He was both angry and amused. Angry at Chen Pingping, that bastard, for setting such a rule; amused because the rule seemed ridiculously simple, almost as if it were meant to humiliate them.

Defeat Zi Ji? That eleven or twelve-year-old girl? Wouldn’t that be a matter of minutes?

"Is this Chen Pingping’s idea? Or yours?" Bai Yisheng frowned.

"Mine," she said earnestly. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Are you sure it’s Zi Ji?"

"Yes!"

"No mounts allowed." He knew about Zi Ji’s old yellow ox, Lao Huang, and her little black dog, Hei. They were no ordinary creatures... If the girl entered battle clutching her two pets, there’d be no need to fight. He had personally witnessed Zi Ji leading Lao Huang in pursuit of Ancient Ferocious Beasts—a sight that remained shocking to this day. But if she entered battle without her pets, Zi Ji would be no match for him!

"No need!" Jiang Ni’er declared.

"Choose someone else," Bai Yisheng said, his expression unpleasant. "She’s too young, and she’s also my Junior Sister. It’s not right for me to strike her."

"But our Junior Sister is the weakest among us," she said, tilting her head.

The three of them: ???