Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

The Main Pavilion of the Sword Sect, the moonlight is truly beautiful.

The Sect Leader, Chen Qianhu, is drinking tea in the Cloud Listening Pavilion, feeling quite good.

At least until now.

A series of footsteps come from behind Chen Qianhu, it's Mei'Er.

"What's up?" Chen Qianhu asked.

Mei'Er's expression is a bit odd, "Well, Miss has come out of seclusion..."

"Isn't that a good thing? What's wrong?" Chen Qianhu put down his teacup and turned to look at Mei'Er.

"Miss, she... she's run away again..." Mei'Er stammered her response.

Chen Qianhu sighed, this wasn't the first time something like this happened; ever since Chen Qin learned to walk, running away from home became almost routine. Not running would be odd.

"She ran, just bring her back."

"Can't bring her back..."

"?"

Seeing Mei'Er's hesitating look, Chen Qianhu feels that something might be amiss this time.

"What's going on? Explain clearly, I won't blame you."

Mei'Er took a deep breath and spilled everything there was to say.

"After Miss came out of seclusion, she said she wanted to give you a surprise, so she told me to take her to Sword Storage Peak.

Following Miss's instructions, I opened her armory, then Miss told me she wanted to comprehend Sword Intent here, to see which sword could be her life weapon Flying Sword. Then, she asked me to prepare some calming and energy-boosting Pill Medicine, but when I returned, Miss was nowhere to be found."

Chen Qianhu felt a headache coming on, although that armory was prepared for Chen Qin by him.

Ever since Chen Qianhu reached the end of the Sword Cultivator path, he had nothing much to do. During that time, he indulged in traveling to search for the legendary Ten Great Wondrous Weapons.

But after finding a few of them, he realized these legendary weapons were rather ordinary and hardly caught his interest, at least for someone like Chen Qianhu.

He even felt they weren't as good as the Top-Grade Flying Swords crafted by his family.

Chen Qianhu felt it was a bit unsatisfactory, so he returned to the Sword Sect and crafted replicas identical to the originals, replacing the originals with them through the Sword Sect's methods.

Although these counterfeits could beat ten of the real ones.

After replacing all Ten Great Wondrous Weapons with Sword Sect productions and setting up the Secret Realm according to his preferences, leaving them for those destined, he felt content enough to end his quest for wondrous weapons.

A few years later, Chen Qin was born, and the still-burning interest in sword crafting sparked a new idea in Chen Qianhu, to forge swords for his little daughter.

One sword per year, each Top-Grade Flying Sword different from the others, stored in Chen Qin's armory with the key kept by Mei'Er.

When Chen Qin grew up, she would choose one for her own use.

"Which one did Xiaoqin take? Heavy Sword Celestial Pillar? That sword really suits Xiaoqin..." Chen Qianhu asked.

Mei'Er shook her head, "Not that one..."

"Qiushui?"

Mei'Er still shook her head.

"Shattered Star?"

This time, Mei'Er didn't shake her head, but spoke, "All... all taken..."

The Flying Swords were all Top-Grade Divine Weapons; wielding just one would mark one as a genius in the Sword Dao path, but packing seventeen swords away...

On one hand, Chen Qianhu thought his daughter was unbelievably impressive, but on the other, he felt she had been played by a little rascal.

He knew exactly where his runaway daughter was heading.

Chen Qianhu turned around, sighed, after a long silence, he took out a small walnut given by the rascal, intending to send him a message.

...

Wangyang City.

Lin Feng, not wanting to be a third wheel, found an excuse to leave first.

Hui Xue, intending to be the third wheel, was forcibly taken away by Wei Changsheng, tail in tow, and conveniently also took away the sleeping Qiu Jidan.

Chen Qin walked arm in arm with Zhang Ze on the snow-covered streets, telling her senior brother about her escape and the marvels of the seventeen Flying Swords.

Which was the fastest, which had a good feel, Chen Qin listed them all as she chatted with Zhang Ze.

"I used Shadowless to mask my aura, then used Chasing Moon, followed by Shattered Star, and lastly Chasing the Sun, a triple acceleration straight out."

"After returning to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, hearing Lily say you were in Wangyang City, I came directly over. Oh, I also brought pancakes for you; where did I put them..."

As Zhang Ze listened, his eyes darted to the sky, wondering how the Sect Leader would come to hold him accountable.

Would it be through the Sword Book or a visit in Dharma Aspect form? If it was the Sword Book, he hoped the Sect Leader wouldn't tremble, leaving a hole in him.

After waiting for some time, Zhang Ze sensed his little walnut shake once.

Taking it out, he found the Sect Leader had sent him a message with current technology.

Two images.

The first image depicted a gigantic stone pillar piercing through the mountain peaks, reaching towards the night sky.

The second image showed the stone pillar halved, sliced by Sword Qi into unevenly sized chunks...

Taking the pancake handed over by his junior sister, he pondered over the pictures for a moment, Zhang Ze felt he understood the Sect Leader's intention.

Zhang Ze reckoned the Sect Leader meant everything else could be done except the final step.

He replied to the Sect Leader with two words.

[Got it]

His doubts vanished, Zhang Ze took his junior sister by the hand and headed towards the Demon-slaying Bureau.

...

Demon-slaying Bureau.

Bai Tao kicked the snow pile at the street side in the doorway; the commotion came quickly and dispersed quickly, returning Wangyang City to silence.

Even some deeply sleeping members of the Demon Race weren't aware of what happened.

The happiest were the children, discovering their Grandpa Big Donkey was indeed as invincible as he bragged, they urged him to teach them how to fight, requesting for those stories to be retold several times.

Theoretically, a place like the Demon-slaying Bureau should be very serious, but here in Wangyang City, the heartland of the Demon Race, it's normal for it to temporarily serve as a daycare.

Though Bai Tao had many questions to ask her godfather, due to the noisy kids, she wasn't in a rush, choosing to step outside for some peace.

"Bai Tao? Is your godfather here?" Zhang Ze's voice sounded behind Bai Tao.

"Yes, he is. And this is?" Bai Tao looked at Chen Qin beside Zhang Ze.

"My junior sister, Chen Qin." Zhang Ze introduced.

Meanwhile, Chen Qin kept staring at Bai Tao, looking at her face, her ears, and...

Seeing such impolite behavior, Chen Qin stopped, smiling as she nodded to Bai Tao.

"Let me take you to my godfather then; those kids must be tired now." Bai Tao said, tightening her cloak as she led them to the Demon-slaying Bureau.

A whimsical thought crossed Chen Qin's mind, prompting her to look at Bai Tao's silhouette with hesitating words, eventually she couldn't hold back, she tugged Zhang Ze's arm and whispered a crucial question.

After hearing his junior sister's question and seeing Bai Tao's silhouette, Zhang Ze too was at a loss for words.

Bai Tao's ears twitched, sensing the two hadn't followed, she turned on the steps asking, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Ze held back for a long time before finally asking, having been nudged by the junior sister, the curiosity was unbearable if unanswered.

"Bai Tao, where's your tail?"

In Bai Tao's family, everyone had a big tail; even Sister Bai from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion could use hers as a neck scarf, while Wei Changsheng from the Demon-slaying Bureau had three.

Bai Tao blushed, "Do you really want to know?"

"Not really, just asking. If it's inconvenient, then never mind." Seeing Bai Tao's embarrassed look, Zhang Ze thought it best not to insist.

Bai Tao's face reddened further, "It's not a big deal, I... my tail is here..."

Bai Tao swiftly lifted her cloak slightly, revealing a very short, fluffy, little tail to Chen Qin and Zhang Ze.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see my godfather." Bai Tao walked briskly into the Demon-slaying Bureau.

...

On the third floor of the Demon-slaying Bureau, the kids had already left, Zhang Ze pushed the door open, finding Wei Dalu and Li staring each other down.

"You really don't know Dan Dan?" Wei Dalu asked.

Li, sitting on the coffee table, shook her head, then hiccupped, clearly stuffed from eating.