"Mm. I understand."
Taking the treasure pouch, the Little Doctor Fairy nodded gently.
"Zhuqing, your current cultivation is at the peak of Da Dou Shi. Your growth has been too fast recently," Xiao Se continued calmly. "I suggest you spend some time first familiarizing yourself with and stabilizing your current strength before breaking through to Dou Ling. This medicinal liquid was prepared using Earth Core Body-Tempering Marrow. When you're ready to break through, absorb it through a medicinal bath."
As he spoke, Xiao Se handed a jade bottle to Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing accepted the bottle. After giving both women a few more reminders, Xiao Se turned around and headed straight into the deep mountains of the Inner Courtyard to cultivate the high-tier Earth-ranked Dou Technique—Mirror Flower, Shattered Void.
Far away from the Inner Courtyard, deep within the mountains.
Inside a massive canyon.
A young man dressed in a green academy uniform stood facing five fifth-rank magical beasts.
The youth stood around 1.8 meters tall, his face refined like carved jade, his figure slender yet straight. In his hand was a strange, purple longsword. His expression was calm, movements relaxed, as though the terrifying confrontation before him meant nothing at all.
A hundred meters away, five enormous magical beasts glared at him with bloodshot eyes, overflowing with killing intent and berserk rage. Their bodies were covered in sword wounds of varying depths and scorched burns, evidence of repeated battles.
These beasts had served as Xiao Se's living sandbags during this period. Every time, they were beaten until they were barely alive, yet never allowed to die. Having endured humiliation beyond endurance, the five finally cast aside the pride of fifth-rank magical beasts—and even their mutual hostilities—choosing instead to unite and fight Xiao Se together.
"They actually joined forces?" Xiao Se murmured softly. "I was planning to play with you a bit longer… but since that's the case…"
A sharp gleam suddenly burst forth from his eyes.
"Mirror Flower, Shattered Void!"
Gripping the Demonic Sword with both hands, Xiao Se entered a state as still as an ancient well. His gaze became deep and unfathomable, as though the entire stretch of space ahead had fallen under his lock. At the same time, the Demonic Sword in his hand twisted unnaturally—then vanished from the sight of the five beasts.
In that very instant, Xiao Se slashed out with an incomparably sharp strike.
The air trembled.
The void itself seemed to shudder.
"We're going to die!"
The same thought erupted simultaneously in the minds of all five magical beasts.
Once a magical beast surpasses the fourth rank, it develops a considerable level of intelligence. These five were fifth-rank beasts—unable to speak, yet possessing wisdom no less than that of ordinary humans.
Mirror Flower, Shattered Void, a high-tier Earth-ranked Dou Technique, was linked to space itself—and space, in turn, held a mysterious connection to time.
Xiao Se had just happened to acquire both spatial and temporal attributes from the Dark Devilgod Tiger. When these two attributes merged, the result was terrifying.
The moment his sword descended, the five beasts felt time slow drastically. Their reactions dulled, their bodies turned heavy and unresponsive. Apart from their thoughts, everything else felt bound and constrained. A nameless dread flooded their hearts, crushing any remaining will to fight.
Silently, the space surrounding the five beasts twisted in a bizarre manner.
It was as if they were trapped inside a mirror.
The murderous intent vanished from their eyes, replaced by pure, instinctive terror—terror of death itself.
"Shatter!"
Xiao Se roared inwardly.
The mirror shattered.
At the same time, the bodies of the five magical beasts shattered as well. Flesh and bone broke apart, frozen within countless fragments of broken mirror-like space. Only when the shards dispersed did blood finally spill forth, raining down in scattered splashes.
With a casual wave of his hand, Xiao Se drew three fist-sized magic cores into his storage ring.
"What a waste," he muttered, looking at the two shattered cores lying in pieces on the ground. "My control still isn't perfect. I crushed two of them."
His heart ached.
These were fifth-rank magic cores—materials valuable enough to refine certain sixth-grade pills.
"Brother… that move of yours doesn't seem like an ordinary Earth-ranked high-tier Dou Technique at all," a soft voice said.
A streak of blue light drifted out from the Demonic Sword, landing on the ground and transforming into a graceful, slender figure with perfect curves—Longkui.
Xiao Se nodded slightly. "The technique itself is Earth-ranked high-tier. But after absorbing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring and its condensed essence, my Dou Qi gained spatial and temporal attributes. With both reinforcing each other, I can barely exert a rough form of spatial power."
Longkui seemed to half-understand, half-not, but she didn't ask further questions. For her, it was enough to know that her brother had gained immense benefits.
[Ding. One month has elapsed. Congratulations to the host for obtaining one exchange opportunity. Congratulations to the host for obtaining one Grand Roulette draw.]
"System, let's do the Grand Roulette draw first."
[Ding. Congratulations to the host for obtaining: A Silent Voice World Travel Ticket (1 hour).]
"A Silent Voice, huh…"
Hearing the system notification, memories surfaced in Xiao Se's mind—images from a past-life Blue Star film. The female lead, Nishimiya Shoko, a girl with a hearing disability. Because of her impaired hearing and speech, she struggled to speak clearly, and as a result, suffered isolation and bullying from her classmates.
"A girl who endured endless cruelty, yet still managed to hold on to her kindness…" Xiao Se sighed softly in his heart. "Fine. I'll treat this as fulfilling an unfulfilled regret from my past life."
He drew the Demonic Sword back into his body, then turned to Longkui beside him. "Longkui, let's go. I'll take you somewhere."
A Silent Voice World.
Rooftop of a certain school building.
A little girl with fluffy, light-brown short hair crouched by the rooftop wall, silently crying.
"Little one… why are you crying here all by yourself?"
Suddenly, a gentle male voice sounded beside her ear.
This was the first clear, complete sentence she had ever heard in her life.
Startled, the girl lifted her delicate face—yet she saw no one.
Just as she began to think it was her imagination, the voice sounded again in her mind.
"I'm behind you, on top of the rooftop structure."
Realizing it wasn't a hallucination, the girl raised her head once more and looked toward the direction indicated by the voice.
There, she saw a black-haired youth dressed in ancient Chinese robes.
Seeing that she had spotted him, the youth jumped down lightly from the structure and landed softly in front of her.
He was very handsome.
More importantly, when she looked into his eyes, she saw no disgust, no ridicule—none of the looks she was used to receiving. Her cheeks flushed faintly without her realizing it.
Just as she reached for the writing board she carried with her, the youth's voice echoed again in her mind.
"No need to write. Just respond in your heart. We're communicating through the mind—through soul power."
"You are…?"
Though this was the first time she had ever heard a voice so clearly, she didn't know why she could understand him so naturally.
"My name is Xiao Se," he replied. With a relaxed motion, he clasped his hands behind his head, leaned back, and sat down beside her. "Can you tell me your name?"
"Shoko… Nishimiya Shoko. My name is Nishimiya Shoko," the girl replied timidly in her heart.
"Shoko, right?" Xiao Se smiled gently. "Can you tell me why you're crying here?"
"Because… I have a hearing disability…"
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face once again.
"You were bullied, weren't you?" Xiao Se said quietly.
"…Mm."
She nodded.
"Then… do you want revenge?" Xiao Se asked, testing her gently. "If you want, I can help you teach them a lesson. I could even make them disappear from this world."
"No…!"
Hearing his words, panic filled her face.
"It's my fault… If it weren't for my hearing disability, they wouldn't have…"
(End of Chapter)
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