Another World: The Failed Magician

Li Mengyu followed her sister to the outside of a room, where Li Ruoyu said, "Master is waiting for you inside. Go on."

Upon hearing this, Li Mengyu glanced at her sister, hesitated for a moment, and then gently knocked on the door with her small, white hand.

"Come in." A gentle female voice came from the room.

Upon hearing this, Li Mengyu gently pushed open the door and entered the room.

Li Mengyu saw that the room was almost sparsely decorated. In the center of the room sat a woman, who was the person she was looking for: Li Ruoyu's master, Zhao Qingmei, the current sect leader of the Qingxin Sword Sect.

“I…I’m sorry, Sect Master Aunt. I…I…(＞﹏＜)”

Seeing Li Mengyu's embarrassed appearance, Zhao Qingmei's tense mood relaxed a little.

"Meng'er, don't be nervous. Just ask whatever you want to ask. Now that you've chosen to come back, I won't hide anything from you."

Li Mengyu mentally complained to herself, "I've clearly made up my mind, but when I see the sect leader's serious face, I still can't say a word. 555"

Upon hearing Li Mengyu's question, Zhao Qingmei did not answer immediately. Instead, she got up, walked to Li Mengyu, grabbed the veil she was wearing, and gently pulled it off Li Mengyu's face.

A delicate face appeared in the room.

The owner of this face now resembled a startled little animal, staring at Zhao Qingmei with her dark eyes, her pink lips pouting in dissatisfaction. Two blushes rose on her fair cheeks.

"Sect...Sect Leader...Auntie, what...what are you doing?! (?д??)!!!"

"Wow! Sure enough, Xiaomeng'er is still so beautiful!" Zhao Qingmei said, walking over and pinching her slightly chubby cheeks.

Perhaps feeling that pinching wasn't enough, he started kneading the face directly.

"Woo...wow!"

After a while, Zhao Qingmei withdrew her hands, and Li Mengyu finally got a chance to catch her breath.

She quickly jumped back, looking at Zhao Qingmei with a mixture of panic and wariness.

"Waaaaah! I'm so heartbroken, Xiaomeng'er, how could you do this to me? Waaaaah!" As she spoke, Zhao Qingmei wiped her eyes with both hands, as if trying to wipe away non-existent tears.

However, his acting was so exaggerated that even Li Mengyu couldn't be fooled.

"Sect Master Aunt, you...you'd better stop making trouble. Why don't we talk about serious matters first?"

"All right!"

Zhao Qingmei sat down again, her expression gradually returning to calm. She looked at Li Mengyu seriously and said, "Little Meng'er, first feel your own body and see if there are any changes."

“Okay!” Li Mengyu sat down cross-legged and began to quietly examine her body.

Suddenly she noticed something and looked up sharply at Zhao Qingmei.

"As expected of Xiao Meng'er, she discovered it so quickly. Did she realize that her strength has increased significantly?"

"Yes! But why is that?"

Li Mengyu was very puzzled. Originally, her strength was only around that of a high-level martial artist, but now she had suddenly reached the peak of a high-level martial artist, just one step away from reaching the martial master realm.

"That's because this veil is suppressing your constitution."

"Hmm, then why do we have to do this?" Li Mengyu was very puzzled, because it seemed that ever since she could remember, her teacher Li Mingxu had always required her to wear this veil and forbade her to take it off without permission.

"Because, Xiaomeng'er, your physique is actually exceptionally powerful. It's a rare innate sword physique, a once-in-a-century talent! However, because this physique is so precious, your teacher and I are afraid that someone with ulterior motives might try to discover it. That's why we've had you wear a veil to suppress this physique."

"Now remove the veil. Your body will no longer be suppressed, and it will naturally nourish itself."

Upon hearing this, Li Mengyu's cheeks suddenly flushed. When the sect leader's aunt suddenly mentioned marriage, a smiling face suddenly appeared in her mind. Although she could tell from the beginning that the smile was fake and painful, surprisingly, she did not feel disgusted.

"Sect Master, Auntie!"

Li Mengyu spoke a little louder, but with her slightly flushed cheeks, she seemed a bit strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"Okay, okay, I know, I won't tease you anymore, alright?"

"Little Meng'er, you might not believe what I'm about to say, but I hope you won't interrupt me and will listen to me quietly."

Li Mengyu nodded seriously.

"Little Meng'er, have you ever heard of the Demon Seed?"

"I haven't heard of it."

Upon hearing Li Mengyu's answer, Zhao Qingmei's originally serious expression began to falter. She had no choice but to begin explaining the knowledge about demonic seeds to Li Mengyu.

After listening, Li Mengyu remembered something and said, "Sect Master, according to you, this demonic seed that appeared this time can strip other people of their talents, so my physique may also be stripped away."

Zhao Qingmei nodded.

"Oh! I understand now. Sect Master, you're releasing the seal on my constitution so I can lure out that villain with the demonic seed, right? Don't worry! I will definitely complete the mission."

Seeing the girl's eager expression, Zhao Qingmei felt a pang of pain in her heart.

She slowly stood up, and under Li Mengyu's somewhat wary gaze, walked to her side and sat down.

While stroking Li Mengyu's forehead with both hands, she said, "Little Meng'er, what I'm about to say might be a little cruel to you. If you want to cry, you can cry as much as you want in Auntie's arms."

"How could that be! I'm not a child anymore." Li Mengyu pouted in denial.

"Actually, removing your veil wasn't to make you a bait, but because there's no longer any need to hide your health issues."

Your teacher, Li Mingxu, is currently the possessor of that demonic seed.

"What? How could this be? Sect Master Aunt, you must be joking with me, right?" Li Mengyu asked in disbelief.

Zhao Qingmei did not answer the question.

But the moment Li Mengyu saw the pained expression on her aunt's face, she knew it was true. She gradually calmed down.

Seeing that Li Mengyu had calmed down, Zhao Qingmei continued, "A few months ago, your teacher and I received a request for help from the Qi'an County Adventurers Association."

"After discussing it for a while, we headed to Qi'an County."

"After arriving in Qi'an County, we conducted an investigation and discovered that talented children in Qi'an County would mysteriously disappear."

"After investigating with the adventurers from the local adventurers' guild, we discovered that someone had intentionally kidnapped those children and extracted their talents."

Hearing this, Li Mengyu couldn't help but ask, "What happened to the children whose talents were extracted?"

Zhao Qingmei knew what she was thinking, and as she spoke, she stroked her jet-black hair: "Those whose talents have been extracted by the demon seed will all die a tragic death without exception."

"Finally, after paying a heavy price, our group finally killed the person who possessed the demon seed."

"But a huge problem arose regarding how to deal with this demonic seed. At first, we wanted to destroy it directly, but after trying various methods, we found that we couldn't destroy it at all."

"Finally, we decided to take it to a secret place and seal it away."

"At first, the process went smoothly, but along the way, more and more people couldn't resist the temptation of the demonic power, and everyone began to want to possess it."

"Your teacher and I had no choice but to fight our way out with the demon seed."

"But just the day after we escaped, information about the demonic seed began to circulate in several nearby counties. Coupled with the continuous deaths, people began to believe the information. Adventurer guilds and families in various counties began to unite to search for the demonic seed."

"Through my secret contact with your teacher, I discovered that too many people claim to be eliminating the demon seed, but in the end, they just want to become the possessor of the demon seed."

"There was no other way; we couldn't trust anyone, so we had to flee in all directions."

"Later, your teacher said that there was an ancient sealing formation remaining at the Sword Forging Manor, and he suggested that he take the demon seed up there and seal it by himself."

“At first I disagreed, but due to the pressure from various forces at the time, I finally agreed to your teacher’s approach. At the same time, I granted his request to bring you from the Sword Forging Manor to the Qingxin Sword Sect.”

"Later, as time went by, news about the demon seed was gradually forgotten. But just when I thought it was all over, I realized it was the beginning of a nightmare."

“One day I suddenly received a letter from your teacher. He said that everything had been taken care of and asked me to go to the Sword Casting Manor. I went there without hesitation.”

"When I got there, I found that the whole resort was no longer the same as before. The once tidy resort had become dilapidated, and the once vibrant forest had no trace of life."

Hearing this, Li Mengyu nodded. When she went to look for Lu Xuan, she made a special trip back to the Sword Forging Manor, but the manor at that time felt completely unfamiliar to her.

"I saw your teacher in a dilapidated ruin. I was about to go up and ask him what had happened when he attacked me like a madman."

"In the rush, I had no choice but to hastily engage in combat. Fortunately, your teacher was in a very bad state at the time. After I injured him, he fled from there. I tried to chase after him, but I found that I couldn't keep up with his speed no matter what I did."

"That's right. It was only then that I realized that his aura had already reached the threshold of the Martial King realm, but the power within his body was so chaotic that he couldn't unleash its full potential."

"His appearance is exactly the same as that of the demon seed holder we killed back then."

Hearing this, Li Mengyu's eyes were filled with pain. She wanted to say something, but after seeing the same pain in her aunt's eyes, she chose to listen quietly.

"Later, I found Li Mingxu's best friend, who is also your Uncle Zhang Yu. After hearing everything I said, he secretly went to look for Li Mingxu."

"Your Uncle Zhang Yu passed this information through the Adventurers' Guild to the person he trusted most, the legendary adventurer they called Dean White."

"The reply we received later was that he would send his student here and sent us the information about the man named Lu Xuan."

"In the end, your Uncle Zhang Yu and I both agreed that your teacher's target was very likely you, who possessed a natural sword physique. After discussing with the dean, we decided that his student would take you away from here."

"However, Xiao Meng'er, who has always been very obedient, has actually disobeyed for the first time this time."

Afterwards, Zhao Qingmei glanced at the girl in her arms and found that the girl did not cry and make a fuss as she had imagined.

"So, Xiaomeng'er, you still have a choice. If you leave now, it should still be in time. Once your teacher recovers, his first target will definitely be the Qingxin Sword Sect. If you stay here any longer, it will be very dangerous."

Li Mengyu shook her head: "If Teacher is really like what you all guessed, as the Sect Master Aunt is, I will end his life myself."

After she finished speaking, a determined light shone in her slightly reddened eyes.

Li Mengyu sat down and began to cultivate.

When Zhao Qingmei saw Li Muyu's actions, she immediately understood what she wanted to do. She wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of her innate sword body nourishing her to break through to the Martial Master realm in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingmei didn't say anything more. She went out and closed the door.

Li Ruoyu saw her master come out alone and asked, "Master, Mengyu, what about her?"

Zhao Qingmei shook her head and said, "It's alright. She's at a crucial moment in breaking through her cultivation level. Give the order now that no one is allowed to enter this room."

"Yes!" Li Ruoyu wanted to say something more, but upon hearing her master's instructions, she had no choice but to agree.

After Li Ruoyu left, Zhao Qingmei walked to a pavilion nearby and stopped. Her slender figure looked so lonely.

Just then, an untimely voice rang out, "Is everything arranged? Don't you need any help?"

Upon hearing the voice, Zhao Qingmei looked towards its source and saw a middle-aged man smiling at her.

"You! Shouldn't you be back at the Adventurers' Guild right now? What are you doing here?"

The speaker was Zhang Yu, the president of the Adventurers' Guild in Huaisong County.

"What are you talking about? Of course I have to be there at such an important time."

"What about the Adventurers' Guild?"

"I disbanded the Adventurers' Guild and let those little bastards fend for themselves."

"What? That's the culmination of half your life's work."

"Shh!" Zhang Yu held up a finger to his lips.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingmei didn't say anything more.

The two stood quietly side by side in front of a small pavilion. They quietly enjoyed the peaceful moment, neither of them speaking again.