The First Venerable of the Prosperous Age

Hua Chan carried her food basket and swayed unsteadily in the wind, looking exactly like a seriously ill old woman.

Look, the old woman stopped at the doorway and slowly asked, "Shall I carry you two inside?"

Chang'an was overjoyed upon hearing this and eagerly followed after her. Sleeping under the same roof as this old lady had always been a big dream of his.

Jiang Xiaotao remained rooted to the spot, pouting and angry, as if she had decided never to set foot in that room again.

"Huh? It's been a while. How come you have so much candy in your room, Senior Sister?"

Upon hearing Chang'an's voice from inside the house, Jiang Xiaotao dropped the black knife in her hand, her eyes glazed over, and her feet seemed to be possessed. For some reason, she walked in without even realizing it.

There was no sugar in the room, only piles of dirty dishes on the bed and along the edge of the wardrobe, and garbage and waste everywhere.

Foot odor, garbage, and sweat mingled together, making it feel like stepping into a furnace where vinegar and rotten eggs were being used to refine elixirs.

"Where's the candy? Where's the candy?" Xiaotao asked anxiously.

Chang'an took a box of food out of the basket and said with a wry smile, "Maybe it's in here."

Xiao Tao pushed the food box away, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily, "I don't want to eat, I just want candy!"

After she became a clay girl, she no longer needed to eat. The reason she asked for candy was simply because she had gotten used to asking for candy, not because she necessarily wanted to eat it.

Chang'an laughed, "Haha, at least I can keep my food."

Hua Chan sat on the edge of the bed, which was covered with bowls and plates, and smiled at Chang'an, saying, "You need to be full to have the energy to train."

Upon hearing her words, Chang'an's mind was filled with intimate scenes of holding swords hand in hand with Hua Chan, as if the next second he could embrace his senior sister and fly to the clouds.

"Senior Sister... so how should we... how should we train?" Chang'an asked shyly yet excitedly.

Hua Chan was slightly suspicious. "Junior brother, you've been working hard outside for so long, why don't you rest first?"

Chang'an patted his chest and said, "No trouble at all. I'll do whatever you instruct me, Senior Sister."

"Okay." Hua Chan then said to Xiao Tao, "You can go find your master now."

Xiao Tao, who was sulking, suddenly opened her eyes wide and asked, "Looking for Master? Didn't I have to go through the trials first?" After saying that, she looked at Chang'an like a wolf.

Hua Chan picked up some food from the box and said as she ate, "You can proceed with your trials as you see fit now, and your senior sister will not interfere."

Her meaning was clear: Xiao Tao could go and kill Chang'an at any time, and she would never stop her.

However, Xiao Tao was still very young, and with her head tilted to the side, she couldn't react for a while.

Chang'an couldn't pretend to be oblivious, so she quickly pleaded, "Senior sister, senior sister, even if you don't save me, please... let me rest for a bit..."

Hua Chan smiled easily and said, "Then you can rest for half an hour."

Chang'an smiled wryly, "But it's already been half an hour since I ate, had time to process what I was saying, and then went to the toilet. Senior Sister, I was wrong. I take back what I said before, okay?"

Hua Chan's eyes suddenly became clear and bright, and she smiled and said, "Junior brother, you don't need to apologize. I only planned to let you rest for half an hour."

At this point, Xiaotao finally understood, licking her lips and saying, "Oh, I understand, I'll treat him properly now... um?"

Unfortunately, Chang'an was no longer inside, and the window slats were wide open.

"Hmph, let's see where you can hide!" She rushed out, knife in hand, searching all over the mountain.

Once he was sure the room was quiet, Chang'an crawled out from under the flower-loving bed and said helplessly, "Is this your training method?"

Hua Chan said, "This is the simplest and most effective method."

Chang'an smiled bitterly, "Then do you know that she really would kill me?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Hua Chan chewed her food, casually tossed a sword to Chang'an, and said nonchalantly, "Just kill her before she kills you, won't that solve the problem?"

Chang'an looked at the broken sword in his hand, both amused and exasperated. "It's a really good sword, but it's a bit heavy, which slows me down."

Hua Chan smiled, "At least you don't have to run away now."

"Not only do we not have to escape, we can even grab a bite to eat and lie down for a while," Chang'an said, opening his lunchbox and sitting on the bed.

At this moment, Hua Chan had finished her meal, casually tossed the lunchbox on the ground, and fell asleep as if Chang'an didn't exist beside her at all.

Chang'an stared blankly at her, who had fallen asleep in a second, and couldn't help but think, "Although my senior sister strongly advocated that I sleep outside, she never explicitly said that I couldn't sleep in her bed, hehehe."

Thinking of this, Chang'an couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Fortunately, the forest on the mountain is very large, so I can get a good night's sleep here."

Unexpectedly, Hua Chan, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly spoke up, "Fortunately, her hearing is also very good, so I can get a good night's sleep."

Upon hearing this, Chang'an was shocked. He looked up and saw the black knife flying from outside the door. He immediately leaned back, and the black knife swept past his face and flew straight out the window.

Chang'an was still in shock. If Hua Chan hadn't spoken up to remind him, he probably would have been split in two by now...

When Xiao Tao stormed into the room, Hua Chan was still lying quietly on the bed, sound asleep, but Chang An was nowhere to be seen.

This time she was smarter and started rummaging through drawers and cabinets, but she couldn't find a single hair of Chang'an.

She looked up and saw that the window was tightly closed, but the black knife was still outside...

This time, Chang'an really did jump out of the window and ran all the way, now hiding in the bushes on the mountainside.

He was already exhausted, and after running so frantically for so long, he was like a lump of mud, stuck to the ground, unable to move anymore.

He only remembered to keep his voice down as much as possible, and as he kept doing so, he lost consciousness.

In his dream, he saw Hua Chan's peaceful sleeping face, her clean and perfect body lying right beside him.

He had seen many women, especially beautiful ones, but he had never shared a bed with any of them.

Looking at the stunningly beautiful girl's face in front of him, he smiled foolishly.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his head. The beautiful girl had opened her eyes at some point and was smiling at him.

But that smile was like a rose with thorns; besides its beauty, it carried a deadly danger.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and there was still a stunningly beautiful girl in front of him, smiling at him.

But the picturesque eyebrows and eyes in my dream have now been replaced by a pair of bright, sparkling eyes, like two glowing crystal balls.

The girl was still smiling happily, with two shallow dimples at the corners of her mouth that were charming, and her clear, bright eyes were curved into crescent shapes, making her indescribably sweet and touching.

Chang'an saw all of this, feeling as if she were bathing in the first gentle breeze of a summer morning—warm and soothing.

He was so engrossed in watching that the other person whispered, "You absolutely mustn't move."

Seeing Xiao Tao grinning mischievously at the top of his head, he wanted to run for his life, but suddenly felt a cold, wriggling sensation on the top of his head. Things didn't seem so simple.

He asked in horror, "Junior sister, what is that above senior brother's head?"

Xiao Tao made a shushing gesture, her eyes fixed on the top of her head, looking extremely excited.

"I...I...Ugh!!" He was about to say something when suddenly everything went black. Jiang Xiaotao pounced on him, burying his head in her soft yet cold breasts.

Just as he was about to enjoy himself, Xiao Tao jumped out from under his head, a three-headed green snake still struggling in her mouth.

He had seen this snake when he went up the mountain; it was highly venomous, dangerous, and deadly.

But Xiao Tao is now like a little cat with a fish in its mouth, her face full of joy.

"Little snake, little snake, why do you have three heads? Let me examine you and chop off your two extra heads, okay?" Xiao Tao said happily, having long forgotten about killing Chang'an.

Isn't that how kids are? They forget all about their homework the moment they encounter something new or interesting.

More importantly, she unwittingly saved Chang'an's life, so it's impossible for Chang'an to suddenly stab her from behind now.

So he quietly ran away, and on the way he heard Xiao Tao's aggrieved voice: "I kindly saved you, why did you bite me? Waaaaah..."

Now it was completely dark at the bottom of the lake, and he secretly vowed that he would never hide in the bushes to feed the snakes tonight!