As a symbiotic being, I raise children amidst the chaos.

On the altar, blood gushed out like a spring, and the air was thick with the scent of death. One by one, the villagers fell to the ground, their lives snatched away in an instant. Only the steam rising from their blood proved that they had once existed.

Yae Sakura stood rooted to the spot, staring in disbelief at everything, her heart reeling from an unprecedented shock. "Why...why did you do this?" Yae Sakura's voice trembled, tears streaming down her face.

Chen Yuan slowly descended to the ground, his gaze calm, as if nothing had happened to him. "Yae Sakura, you are a smart child. You should know that these villagers are not innocent."

"They are willing to sacrifice innocent lives for their own benefit. Such villages should have disappeared long ago."

Yae Sakura lowered her head, tears falling to the ground and forming small puddle spots. "But...but they are my fellow villagers..."

"Fellow villagers?" Chen Yuan's voice carried a hint of sarcasm. "The so-called 'fellow villagers' you speak of are nothing but parasites who want to protect their own status and interests."

“Your father, your villagers, they have never truly cared about you or this village.” Chen Yuan sighed as he said this.

"You don't really think they care about your thoughts, do you? If that were the case, they wouldn't have met such an end. You and your sister are nothing but tools, two beings who can be sacrificed at any time for the benefit of the village."

Yae Sakura remained silent, clutching Yae no Kami's clothes tightly. Xiao Shi glanced at Yae Sakura, then at Chen Yuan, "Master Chen, won't this drive her crazy...?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan rolled his eyes at Xiao Shi. In this situation, it would be strange if he didn't go crazy. In just a few minutes, people he used to see every day were turned into corpses; who could withstand that?

However, it's better to act decisively. We have the absolute capability now, so why wait until tragedy strikes before making changes? Besides, I'm just doing what I've always wanted to do.

"I didn't originally intend to be so radical..." But I couldn't help it. Yae no Kami and those villagers were just too disgusting, showing the despicable nature of humanity to the fullest extent.

Having already harbored strong opinions against them, and having witnessed their true colors firsthand, Chen Yuan felt that he had already demonstrated considerable resilience by enduring until just now.

They're not turtles; they can't hold their breath for that long. If Yae Sakura hadn't been there, Chen Yuan would have even wanted to torture them a little longer, since such a simple death would have been too easy for them.

"Xiao Shi, I'm begging you. Seal this memory of hers. You don't need to make her forget it, just make her subconsciously ignore it."

Xiao Shi nodded, walked to Yae Sakura's side, and gently patted her shoulder. Yae Sakura looked up, gazing at her with a confused expression. Xiao Shi took a deep breath, reached out, and gently touched Yae Sakura's forehead with her fingertips.

A black feather slowly melted into Yae Sakura's body, and her eyes gradually became vacant. After a while, Yae Sakura collapsed weakly to the ground and fell unconscious.

"Master Chen, it's done. Without my permission, she wouldn't be able to recall this memory, and she would subconsciously ignore the existence of this village," Xiao Shi said softly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan nodded slightly, floated to Yae Sakura's side, gently stroked her hair, and a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes. "Yae Sakura, I'm sorry..."

"Master Chen, you don't need to apologize. Those people deserved to die!" Xiao Shi crossed her arms unhappily. Even without Chen Yuan's order, she would have found a chance to secretly eliminate everyone in this village.

"If it were Fu Hua, she definitely wouldn't have let me do this." After hearing Xiao Shi's words, Chen Yuan closed his eyes. Gusts of wind swept around him, dispersing the smell of blood and taking away their corpses.

Although she hasn't fully absorbed the power of the gem, Dust can still imitate Wendy from Honkai Impact 3rd and create small hurricanes.

"That old fogey? Maybe, but I think she'll support Master Chen's idea." Xiao Shi carried the unconscious girl and Yae Sakura on his shoulders and continued.

"That girl has no opinions of her own. If you want to do something, Master Chen, she'll probably do it too."

"Even if you pin the old antique down on the bed tomorrow, Master Chen, you won't even have to lift a finger. He'll take off all his clothes himself. I'm pretty much the same way in these kinds of situations."

"What are you saying at such a young age!" Chen Yuan reached out a tentacle and gently tapped Xiao Shi's head. Although Fu Hua's age was a bit... well, Xiao Shi was a proper newborn.

"To be honest..." Xiao Shi pouted in dissatisfaction, then said, "Speaking of which, what should we do with these two girls? If all else fails, we should just leave them with the old antique. She seems to have a lot of free time right now."

"No rush, there's still one thing we haven't done." Stretching, Chen Yuan waved for Xiao Shi to follow. "Yae Sakura has a younger sister, Yae Rin. She's been sickly since she was little. After we cure her, we'll go find Fu Hua."

"Master Chen is really a good person... but he's too nice to everyone!" After muttering a few words of dissatisfaction, Xiao Shi quickly ran to Chen Yuan's side.

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"Why hasn't my sister come back yet..." In the residential area behind the Yae Shrine, Yae Rin lay on her bed, her eyes staring blankly at the door of her room. "The ritual should have ended long ago, hopefully nothing unexpected happened..."

"Master Chen... this is the Yae Shrine? It's a bit shabby..." Just as Yae Rin was still pondering, Xiao Shi's voice came from outside. "I thought it would be much more grand!"

"Not my sister?" Yae Rin was startled when she heard the voice outside the door and quickly sat up in bed. But before she could react, the door was already pushed open.

"Wow! This place is nowhere near as good as the ancient Taixu Mountain." Xiao Shi walked in first and placed Yae Sakura and the little girl on the straw mat in the middle of the courtyard.

Chen Yuan followed Xiao Shi's footsteps and slowly floated in. After seeing Xiao Shi put Yae Sakura and the girl down, he unceremoniously sat on Xiao Shi's shoulder. "Mount Taixu is a sacred place. How can this kind of shrine compare?"

'Sister... Sister?' Yae Rin peered through the crack in the door at the unconscious Yae Sakura and the girl, covering her mouth tightly to keep quiet, tears streaming down her face.

"Master Chen, I feel like someone's been watching us. Is it that Yae Rin you mentioned?" Xiao Shi pointed in Yae Rin's direction and asked in a low voice. "Has she misunderstood something? She seems a little scared."

"Tsk, let's leave first and let her come out on her own. Don't scare the child." Chen Yuan gently patted Xiao Shi, who understood and walked out the door, closing it behind her.

After seeing Chenyuan and Xiaoshi leave, Yae Rin finally mustered up her courage, slowly moved her body, carefully opened the door, and crawled out of the room bit by bit.

"Sister..." After finally crawling to Yae Sakura's side, Yae Rin trembled as she reached out her small hand to stroke Yae Sakura's cheek. But she immediately sensed something was wrong.

Not only was it warm, but the constant rise and fall of her chest and the hot breath coming from her nose told Yae Rin that she was not dead. She had simply fallen into a coma.

Knowing this, Yae Rin felt a little relieved, but the next second, the sound of feet landing sounded behind her. A long shadow stretched out, completely enveloping her.

Yae Rin trembled violently, swallowed hard, and slowly turned her head. The next second, she saw Xiao Shi standing behind her, smiling at her.

"Hey! This road is mine, this tree is mine, if you want to pass through here... Master Chen, it hurts..." Before Xiao Shi could finish speaking, Chen Yuan jumped up and smacked her on the head.

"Honestly, can't you be serious for once?" Shaking his head helplessly, Chen Yuan jumped off Xiao Shi's shoulder and shrunk to a normal size. "Little sister, we're not bad people, don't be afraid..."

"Ah...ah..." Yae Rin saw Chen Yuan grow from a tiny thing to such a big size. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she couldn't say anything. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted on Yae Sakura's body.

"Am I that scary...?" Yae Rin's sudden fainting caught Chen Yuan and Xiao Shi off guard. They looked at their hands with a sense of existential doubt, and then sighed.

"Master Chen, to be honest, even seeing your expression made me a little scared." Xiao Shi shuddered and looked at the unconscious Yae Rin. "This shouldn't be her fault; it's just that you, Master Chen, are too frightening."

"You talk too much. Yae Rin was probably scared by you, it has nothing to do with me." Chen Yuan rolled his eyes at Xiao Shi, walked to Yae Rin's side, and picked her up in a princess carry. "Xiao Shi, help me move Yae Sakura and that little girl into the house."

"Alright!!" Giving Yae Rin a jealous look, Xiao Shi picked up Yae Sakura and the girl in his hands and carried them into the room that Yae Rin had just climbed out of.

After some time, Yae Rin felt as if she had had a wonderful dream. Her body, which had been bedridden, slowly recovered under the caress of a gentle older brother.

Moreover, the feeling was so comfortable that Yae Rin couldn't help but let out a sound. In real life, Chen Yuan constantly manipulated his symbiote to attach itself to Yae Rin's body, repairing her body little by little.