Is He an Immortal Big Brother? Little Girl, Would You Be Willing to Take Me as Your Master?
Is He an Immortal Big Brother? Little Girl, Would You Be Willing to Take Me as Your Master?
“My Lord, this tiny little Northern Mountain Village actually had a powerful Cultivator hidden in it. Everyone I sent there was slaughtered.”
“According to the reports that came back, among them was a silver-haired old woman who had been hiding very deeply. The cultivation she displayed at the time had already reached the Honoured King Realm!”
Inside the great hall.
The chief of the Black Storm Gang spoke with a cautious expression, afraid that Gu Changge would blame him.
After all, failing at a tiny little village was entirely the result of his own incompetence.
But then again, who could have imagined that such a small village would conceal an expert of this caliber?
However, what surprised him was that Gu Changge showed no sign of caring at all. He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, not turning around.
Nor did he say anything more.
This made the chief of the Black Storm Gang even more uneasy, his back completely drenched in cold sweat.
Before this young lord, even saying one extra word felt like agonizing torture.
His entire soul trembled, as if he were about to suffocate.
“Oh? A silver-haired old woman?”
“Honoured King Realm strength?” Gu Changge’s smile held something inscrutable.
“My Lord, please rest assured. This time I will personally take action and capture everyone in that village.”
Hearing this, the chief wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and carefully made his guarantee.
He assumed Gu Changge was questioning them about suffering a major loss at the hands of an Honoured Lord Realm Cultivator.
“No need. This no longer concerns you. You may leave.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge’s expression remained unchanged as he waved his hand indifferently, dismissing him.
Hearing this news actually put him in a rather good mood.
The Reincarnation of the Mortal One that the Overworld had been searching for all this time finally had a lead.
A great expert hidden in a tiny village, unable to act in ordinary times for some unknown reason.
At the critical moment, erupting with true strength to block the invading bandits.
This kind of trope—Gu Changge was quite familiar with it.
For a Fortuitous One like the Mortal One, if the people around him didn’t have some background or past, they wouldn’t even qualify as side characters.
Presumably, that silver-haired old woman who took in the Reincarnation of the Mortal One would trigger another plotline next.
“Wait. There’s one more thing I need you to do...”
At this moment, Gu Changge suddenly thought of something and called out to stop the chief of the Black Storm Gang, his expression rather intrigued.
The mysterious infant girl he had been searching for recently should, barring any accidents, be in this little village called Northern Mountain Village.
And, under his orders, it was currently facing a group of invading bandits, teetering on the brink of danger.
An Honoured Lord Realm Cultivator, in a small place like this, could naturally protect it for a time, barring accidents.
After all, without his interference, Northern Mountain Village would have ways to cope even against somewhat powerful bandits.
But now it had suddenly encountered a colossus like the Black Storm Gang.
The two sides simply weren’t on the same level.
This was what one called an accident—or a Variable.
“My Lord, please give your orders.”
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, the chief hurried back, bowing obsequiously. “This lowly one will naturally do his utmost.”
“I don’t want you to capture anyone. I want you to send people to massacre the village. Once this is done, you’ll be free.”
Gu Changge’s smile carried a hint of something thought-provoking. “Fail, and the Black Storm Gang will have no reason to exist.”
“Massacre the village?”
The chief’s expression changed, but he didn’t dare ask Gu Changge for the reason. In his view, a tiny village wasn’t worth this great lord’s attention at all.
Could it be that the village hid some unknown secret?
Massacre the village? How hard could that be?
And soon, because of Gu Changge’s order, the chief began gathering all the members of the Black Storm Gang.
Under the pretext of having been provoked and going to take revenge, he declared they would slaughter Northern Mountain Village.
Rumble!
A terrifying black torrent surged out from the mountain range in a mighty flood, carrying heaven-shaking blood qi, heading toward Northern Mountain Village.
The many cities and villages along the way were all badly frightened. The terror of the Black Storm Gang had always been known to everyone in the region.
This time, Northern Mountain Village had offended them. Even with an Honoured King Realm Cultivator holding the fort, they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered!
Many Cultivators felt pity for them.
Things were fine—why provoke the Black Storm Gang?
And after issuing this order, Gu Changge, along with his puppet servants, vanished from the Black Storm Gang’s great hall.
After all, this was the perfect moment for him to make his appearance.
A hero saving the beauty—what’s not to like?
This kind of plot was cliché, but performed personally by himself, the effect shouldn’t be bad.
Gu Changge was actually considering what identity he should arrange for himself this time to make everything appear seamless.
After all, that mysterious infant girl seemed more or less connected to the Peach Tree behind Gu Xianer.
His descent to the Overworld and arrival in the Heavenly Star Realm was a closely guarded secret—who knew if it might be detected by that tree.
“However, by that time, with my cultivation, I probably won’t need to worry about such things anymore.”
Gu Changge figured that at his current rate of breakthroughs, by the time he returned to the Beyond, he would probably already be at the Sacred Noble Realm.
Perhaps even not far from the Sacred Lord Realm.
...
“Grandma Yin Hua, the Black Storm Gang has put out word that they’re going to slaughter us all...”
“What are we going to do?!”
“The chief of the Black Storm Gang is an Enlightened Noble Realm expert. There’s no way we can escape. When the time comes, all of us will die.”
Meanwhile, inside Northern Mountain Village.
The current village chief stood at the doorway of Yao Yao’s home, his face full of worry and despair as he spoke to the silver-haired old woman.
Behind him were the rest of Northern Mountain Village’s villagers, all equally despairing.
The day before yesterday, that gang of Black Storm Gang bandits had come again, aggressive and menacing, demanding to take away all girls under fifteen years old.
All the villagers despaired, unwilling—but who dared resist? They didn’t even dare say the word “no.”
Although Yao Yao had smeared her little face with mud at the time, she was still recognized by those bandits, who said she would be taken along too!
It frightened her terribly. She hadn’t seen her brother return, and she didn’t want to be eaten by the chief of the Black Storm Gang.
And just at that moment, no one expected that Grandma Yin Hua—who normally needed someone’s support just to walk, trembling with every step—would suddenly explode into action.
And the moment she struck, she displayed the mighty strength of the Honoured King Realm.
She was actually a Cultivator—and a great expert at that!
Without any surprises, that gang of bandits was all buried there. Not one escaped, because their strongest was merely at the Mighty-Transcendent Realm—a full two major realms below the Honoured King Realm Grandma Yin Hua.
The scene shocked everyone. The entire village of Northern Mountain Village, Yao Yao included, was stunned.
And so, Grandma Yin Hua naturally became the backbone figure of Northern Mountain Village.
Everyone’s hopes rested on her!
Before this, no one would have imagined that she was actually a deeply hidden great expert!
But the pleasant surprise came fast, and the despair that followed came just as fast.
After all, the Black Storm Gang was far more than just that group—behind them stood even more terrifying experts.
You might escape on the first day, but you can’t dodge the fifteenth.
The whole of Northern Mountain Village sank into despair once more.
Looking at the people of Northern Mountain Village before her, faces full of despair yet faintly holding onto hope.
Grandma Yin Hua smiled bitterly. “At this point, there’s nothing I can do either! The chief of the Black Storm Gang is an exalted Enlightened Noble Realm expert, and the other nine chiefs are all at the True Enlightened Realm...”
“Never mind that I’m only at the Honoured King Realm—even at my peak, I couldn’t possibly stop them.”
She was telling the truth. If the Black Storm Gang really intended to massacre the village, no matter how much affection she had for the rest of the village, she couldn’t possibly look after them all.
When the time came, she would definitely have to take Yao Yao and flee first.
As for everyone else’s lives—she simply couldn’t worry about that much.
Grandma Yin Hua had never wanted a day like this to come. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come here to live in seclusion, never revealing her cultivation, playing the part of an ordinary old woman.
Because the enemies behind her were far more powerful than the Black Storm Gang. Once her whereabouts were exposed, the pursuit she faced would be endless.
Hearing Grandma Yin Hua say this, the people of Northern Mountain Village truly despaired.
Their last thread of hope was mercilessly snuffed out.
This time, no miracle would appear!
“Grandma...”
Yao Yao clutched Grandma Yin Hua’s sleeve, her big eyes like flawless gems revealing worry and fear.
And sadness as well.
Though she was very small, she was very sensible, and she understood the meaning in her grandma’s words.
When the Black Storm Gang came to kill them, everyone would die.
The only thing they could do now was wait for death! Besides waiting for death, fleeing or resisting would only get them killed even more horribly!
And even though Grandma was a Cultivator who could try to take her and escape, before the enemy’s experts, the chance of survival was still very, very slim.
“Yao Yao, don’t worry. Grandma will protect you!”
Sensing Yao Yao’s fear, Grandma Yin Hua couldn’t help but comfort her, though in her heart she was actually in despair too.
Escape was impossible. Resistance was even more impossible.
At this moment, she could only hope that Yao Yao’s brother Jiang Yang would suddenly return, bringing the experts of the Celestia Holy Land to beat back the Black Storm Gang!
But that hope was far too faint!
“Mm-hm, Yao Yao believes in Grandma.”
Yao Yao nodded like a chick pecking at rice, unlike the other children who wailed loudly.
In this respect, she was far more sensible and mature than her peers.
Grandma Yin Hua smiled with gratification. Today, even if she had to stake these old bones of hers, she would not let the Black Storm Gang touch a single hair on Yao Yao’s head!
“Grandma, do you think big brother will come back to save us? He went to the Celestia Holy Land to cultivate—he should be really strong by now, right?”
“I believe big brother will definitely show up when the time comes and kill all the bad people of the Black Storm Gang!”
Yao Yao’s little face was full of fantasy, remembering the times before when she encountered venomous snakes and her brother drove them away for her.
Now that her life was in danger, her brother should come rushing to save her, right?
A bitter smile appeared on Grandma Yin Hua’s face.
At this moment, what could she say? Tell Yao Yao that no matter how talented her brother was, at this point he was at most at the Honoured Noble Realm?
One person alone could not possibly save them.
Today, short of a miracle...
“If it truly comes to the end, even if I have to burn my life essence and blood, I’ll activate that secret treasure and transfer Yao Yao to a safe place. The Black Storm Gang will never find her!”
She looked at that innocent, guileless face and said silently in her heart.
“A mere Northern Mountain Village dares provoke my Black Storm Gang. Today, we’ll let you witness the fate of those who provoke us.”
Just then, a rumbling sound came from the horizon. A dense, dark mass of fierce bandits was heading this way!
The leading bandit, dressed all in black with a terrifying aura, sat astride a black flood dragon.
He was one of the Black Storm Gang’s chiefs, at the True Enlightened Realm.
He stared down at Northern Mountain Village below and spoke coldly, unable to fathom why the chief had sent him to lead men to massacre this village.
A mere Northern Mountain Village—even if it hid an Honoured King Realm expert—wasn’t worth his personal intervention.
But it was the chief’s order, so he would simply carry it out!
Massacring a village wouldn’t take much time at all!
“The Black Storm Gang is here! They’ve really come to massacre the village! It’s over, it’s over—none of us can escape...”
At this moment, everyone in Northern Mountain Village despaired! Hearing the news was one thing; seeing it with their own eyes now was another matter entirely.
“Grandma.”
Yao Yao bit her lip in fright, her small body hiding behind Grandma Yin Hua, trembling.
Not bursting into tears at a moment like this was already very brave.
“Yao Yao, don’t be afraid. Grandma is here.”
Grandma Yin Hua comforted Yao Yao while staring gravely ahead.
In the sky above, the Black Storm Gang stretched out vast and mighty, blotting out the sun like a great black cloud, shrouding and covering everything there.
Aside from the leading True Enlightened Realm cultivator, the rest of them were also extremely powerful—the elite of the Black Storm Gang.
This time, just to massacre a village, they had actually sent out so many people.
Grandma Yin Hua’s heart sank into even deeper despair, but she did not regret it. If she had allowed the Black Storm Gang to take Yao Yao away last time, she would have spent the rest of her life drowning in endless regret and guilt.
“So you’re the old fossil who killed our men. You deserve to die too—no wonder the First Leader is so furious. After you go down today, learn how to open your eyes properly. The Black Storm Gang is not something the likes of you can afford to offend!”
The Ninth Leader of the Black Storm Gang stood towering in the high sky.
He let out a cold sneer, staring down at Grandma Yin Hua.
With that, he personally made his move, because the First Leader had given strict orders: this village massacre had to be completed, or they would bring their own heads to answer for it!
Weng!!
The pressure of the True Enlightened Realm instantly crushed down.
Honglonglong!
Mountains shook and the earth quaked, as if the sky itself were collapsing!
It was like an entire mountain range came smashing down from the sky.
Every single villager of Northern Mountain Village was plunged into despair, terror, and horror.
Under this kind of aura, they were no different from ants.
“Stop!”
Grandma Yin Hua’s expression changed drastically. Her entire body glowed, runes blazing brilliantly as she erupted with all her strength, determined to forcibly take this palm strike head-on.
But the next moment, with a pu sound, her whole body was drenched in blood as she was sent flying backward, half her body nearly exploding apart.
The gap between the two of them was simply too vast. She could not possibly be this person’s match.
Everyone in Northern Mountain Village watched this scene in despair and terror, huddling where they stood.
Some had even collapsed limply to the ground.
“To actually withstand one of my strikes with just your physique—it seems you were quite the expert back in your day.”
The Ninth Leader was slightly taken aback, then recovered and sneered coldly.
Grandma Yin Hua’s strength had surprised him a little.
But it still wasn’t enough to make him care. He figured one more palm strike would be enough to annihilate her body and soul!
“The matters of the past need not be mentioned again. Now I’m nothing more than an old woman trying to protect her granddaughter.”
Half of Grandma Yin Hua’s body was covered in blood, blood welling up from her mouth, her appearance incomparably pale and wretched.
“Grandma!”
This scene made Yao Yao’s little face turn white as she cried out in utmost worry, her small hands clutching the corner of her clothes.
The Black Storm Gang’s strength was too overwhelming. No matter how much Grandma Yin Hua resisted, there was no second possible outcome.
In her heart, she hoped her brother would appear to save her and Grandma, but no one came!
Her heart couldn’t help sinking into despair.
“You don’t know life from death. Wouldn’t it be better to just obediently wait for death? Why insist on resisting?”
Seeing the silver-haired old woman still dared to make a move, the Ninth Leader sneered once more, preparing to grind her into nothing!
With such an overwhelming gap in power, what use could resistance possibly be?
He also didn’t understand why the First Leader had issued such an order to massacre the village.
Perhaps he had just happened to catch the First Leader in a bad mood!
“Pu!”
Under this powerful aura, without any surprise, the silver-haired old woman spat out another mouthful of blood and fell from the sky.
Seeing this, Yao Yao hurriedly ran over, intending to help her up, her little face covered in tears.
“Yao Yao, don’t worry about me...”
Grandma Yin Hua coughed out a mouthful of blood. Her injuries were severe—at her peak, she had possessed cultivation close to the Enlightened Noble Realm.
That was why she had survived two strikes without dying.
But this alone was already astonishing enough.
“Don’t you hurt Grandma!”
Yao Yao spread her arms wide, blocking in front of the silver-haired old woman, stubbornly staring at the Ninth Leader high in the sky, trying to stop him.
“Yao Yao, come back quickly...”
This scene made Grandma Yin Hua’s expression change drastically, and she was about to pull her back.
“A little brat who truly doesn’t know life from death.”
But at that moment, the Ninth Leader’s expression turned cold, and he struck out once again—a terrifying giant palm, incomparably dreadful, descending from the sky!
He intended to slap this little girl who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth to death.
He hadn’t expected that even a four- or five-year-old little girl would dare run out to block him.
This made him feel his mighty prestige had been provoked, and his expression grew even colder.
“Yao Yao...”
The villagers of Northern Mountain Village all cried out as well.
Some had faces full of fury and unwillingness, not daring to watch this scene, turning their heads away.
They felt that under this palm strike, Yao Yao was undoubtedly doomed.
Weng!!
But the next moment, the scene everyone imagined did not appear.
Accompanied by a slightly helpless sigh.
The world seemed to fall silent, as an indescribable, mysterious aura flowed through the void.
Time and space, the ages, reincarnation... all manner of laws seemed to freeze in place........
“This Venerable One had wanted to keep watching the show a while longer, but to think you’d actually bear to strike down such a celestially blessed little girl.”
A voice that sounded like a man’s echoed between heaven and earth, making it impossible to discern his age.
It seemed very young.
Yet within his words there was a kind of vicissitude, as if he had sat watching countless ages rush by.
Heaven and earth unfurled like a scroll painting.
A man’s figure with a blurred face, wreathed in immortal aura, walked out from within it.
Within those profound eyes seemed to be reflected countless terrifying scenes—the shattering of heaven and earth, the collapse of the universe.
A single glance was enough to make one’s mind explode, body perishing and Dao extinguishing!
It was none other than Gu Changge, who had long since arrived at Northern Mountain Village but had been watching the show from the shadows, waiting for the right moment to appear.
At this moment, the Ninth Leader stood frozen there, trembling.
It felt as if the top of his skull had been pried open and ice water poured inside!
A bone-piercing chill!
This suddenly appeared person—though he had never seen him before—
was absolutely powerful to an unfathomable degree. Otherwise, there was no way he could possess such means of interfering with the laws of heaven and earth.
Faintly, he thought of the news that had recently come from the Wonder Domain.
Could it be... that mysterious and unpredictable Exalted Immortal?
“Are you... an immortal gege?”
Yao Yao looked at the white-robed man who had suddenly appeared before her, somewhat dazed.
Coming back to her senses, those pure, clean, big eyes of hers were filled with confusion and curiosity, and then she asked timidly.
“Immortal gege?”
The figure who had walked out from between heaven and earth seemed to pause at these words, then let out a light chuckle.
“That form of address is rather novel.”
“Little girl, would you be willing to take this Venerable One as your shifu?”
Then, his profound gaze suddenly descended.
His voice was filled with a terrifying aura that made the vastness of heaven and earth—and even the many laws and orders—tremble.
Everyone watched this scene in shock and horror.
Especially the bandits of the Black Storm Gang, whose entire bodies went cold.
Their very souls seemed frozen, unable to move even slightly, as insignificant as ants!
The vast, surging momentum fell into dead silence, leaving the villagers of Northern Mountain Village horrified, unable to believe their own eyes.
At this moment, Yao Yao seemed to still not have processed what had happened.
But Grandma Yin Hua behind her had a drastically changing expression—first shock, then disbelief, and now wild joy.
Propping herself up despite her terrible injuries, she said to Yao Yao in a trembling voice, “Yao Yao, quickly accept this immortal! This is your supreme fortune! You absolutely, absolutely cannot miss it!”
Although Northern Mountain Village was located in a remote area, she had still heard that during this period, an incomparably mysterious Exalted Immortal had appeared in the Wonder Domain.
The most powerful sect in the Wonder Domain, the Illusion Gates, with a single word of help from this Exalted Immortal, instantly unified the Wonder Domain, ending over a hundred thousand years of warfare.
The means and temperament of this white-robed man before her—his identity... practically went without saying.
At this moment, Grandma Yin Hua’s heart was about to leap into her throat, anxious beyond measure on Yao Yao’s behalf.
“Truly a rare piece of immortal material, undiscovered all these years. To think that passing through this domain today, this Venerable One would be the one to profit.”
“Had I been any slower, she would have been destroyed. Now that would have been a sin.”
At this moment, the white-robed man before them spoke again, his voice carrying a trace of light laughter, addressing Yao Yao.
Yao Yao’s eyes were wide open. From the man before her, she felt a kind of warmth and peace.
It was a kind of aura and feeling.
As if even if the sky fell, there would be nothing to fear.
Just now, when she was about to be slapped to death by the Black Storm Gang’s villain, it was this immortal who suddenly appeared, acted to save her, and spoke of taking her as his disciple.
He even said she was immortal material?
Whereas the brother she had been waiting for all along never came.
If not for this immortal, today she and Grandma, and all the villagers, would probably have died here.
“Thank you, Exalted Immortal, for the grace of your rescue. This old woman is endlessly grateful!”
At this moment, Grandma Yin Hua’s face was full of wild joy and deep gratitude as she knelt down in prostration, thanking Gu Changge.
Hearing his words.
Her heart was filled with shock.
Just passing through this domain?
How many domains did the entire Heavenly Star Realm even have?
Didn’t that mean the immortal before them could probably cross billions of miles at will, shrinking distance to mere inches, with effortless ease?
Such means were simply unheard of.
Gu Changge nodded slightly, raising his hand through the air to lift her up, but clearly had no intention of engaging in conversation.
Grandma Yin Hua was not surprised, finding it perfectly normal.
With the Exalted Immortal’s status, being able to even lay eyes on him was already an immense honor—how could one possibly expect to converse with him?
In her view, Yao Yao’s origins were probably not simple.
Back when she had taken her in, no fierce beast dared approach within a thousand miles.
It was just that she had never figured out why.
This Exalted Immortal from the Beyond before her was vastly knowledgeable and surely knew many things.
Understanding Yao Yao’s mysterious extraordinariness should be no problem for him.
“Does the Exalted Immortal really want to take Yao Yao as a disciple?”
“They all say I can’t cultivate, that I’m just an ordinary person. Last time, the cultivator who took my brother away also said that if I went, I’d just be dead weight...”
Yao Yao spoke in a very low voice. She looked only four or five years old, but it was clear she understood far more than most people.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to take a master.
But she felt that a girl of such lowly status as herself, afflicted with a strange illness that kept her from growing up,
was unworthy of becoming the disciple of the Exalted Immortal before her.
Moreover, before this, she had actually thought that being unable to cultivate was quite nice.
She could stay by Grandma’s side, waiting for her brother to return from his studies to protect them.
But today, after witnessing the cruelty of this world with her own eyes, she suddenly felt that cultivation had become very important.
Only by becoming strong could she protect the loved ones by her side!
“That is merely because they are blind and short-sighted. How could true immortal material be something ordinary mortals could perceive?”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly, speaking with a touch of dismissiveness.
The expression in his gaze looked as though the more he looked, the more appreciative he became.
Of course, while hidden in the void earlier, he had already observed Yao Yao thoroughly.
She was indeed a Daughter of Fortuity, and the amount of Fortuity points she carried was extremely astonishing—numbering in the tens of thousands.
This solidified his earlier speculation: she was indeed connected to that Mysterious Peach Tree, rather than following the template of the ruthless Empress he had known in his past life.
There was a faint embryonic resemblance, but it wasn’t exactly the same.
Still, the plan remained unchanged—proceed as intended.
Without some maneuvering, as a Daughter of Fortuity, she likely wouldn’t have agreed so easily.
Nor would Gu Changge have gone to such lengths to arrange this hero-saves-the-damsel performance.
“Yao Yao is willing to take the Exalted Immortal as shifu!”
Hearing Gu Changge say this, Yao Yao’s gaze was filled with determination as she said in a crisp, clear voice.
She looked very well-behaved, her little face still streaked with tear stains.
“Quite obedient and sensible.”
“As for these nuisances, this Venerable One... ah no, your shifu will conveniently settle them for you. They nearly destroyed such a fine piece of immortal jade.”
“For this crime, even ten thousand deaths would not be excessive.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, a flash of deep meaning passing across his face, and then with a direct wave of his sleeve—
Honglonglong!
It was as if the entire world and all of heaven and earth were turning!
Terrifying, boundless power, like a vast ocean, transformed into a furnace of heaven and earth, enveloping and covering everything below.
Pupupu...
The Black Storm Gang bandits who had just been so menacing, blotting out the sky, instantly vanished from the sky, as if erased in an instant by an invisible, terrifying giant hand!
It was as if their earlier appearance had been nothing but an illusion!
This scene made all the villagers of Northern Mountain Village widen their eyes, horrified to the extreme.
In their view, such means were no different from those of the true immortals of legend.
“Powerful as if he’s transcended the very shackles of heaven and earth...”
Grandma Yin Hua trembled, stunned by this sight, unable to come back to her senses for a long while.
And then came wild joy. Because this Exalted Immortal had truly taken Yao Yao as his disciple!