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A few more days passed.

The soft glow of the moon bathed the lake in a silver light, reflecting off the water's surface like a thousand tiny stars.

Amidst this serene lake, a wooden boat was riding on the water, clearing the lotus leaves on the surface of the lake.

Yuan sat at the bow, his eyes fixed on the horizon where the sky met the lake, while Zhang Yumin leaned back her fingers playing with the chilling water of the lake.

Looking around at the lotus flowers, Zhang Fumin took a scroll from her storage ring and looked at it.

"That Lotus should be around here... Urgh. Why is it this hard to find?"

A faint smile appeared on Yuan's face as he looked at her but the smile on his lips dimmed as he remembered the three women he defiled.

He sighed in his heart, as he was still not sure how to confront them and they were still asleep in that palace of his.

Zhang Fumin saw his face which was enriched by the moon and asked "What happened, Yuan..."

Yuan gently shook his head and muttered "Nothing, Big Sister..."

Zhang Fumin frowned slightly upon hearing this tone as she had known him for 2 months now and he sometimes spaces out like this, thinking about something.

'What happened? Is he hiding something from me?'

A gentle sigh escaped his lips because Zhang Fumin was angry at him for just having sex with random women and if she knew that he defiled three women, she would be really mad at him for that.

'I am really a.. scum.'

For a while, they sat in comfortable silence, the only sound being the gentle splash of the oar in the water and the distant call of a night bird.

The air was filled with the sweet scent of the lotuses, mingling with the faint fragrance of the night-blooming jasmine that grew along the shore.

As they floated deeper into the heart of the lake, a subtle change in the atmosphere caught Zhang Fumin's attention.

The light around them seemed to grow brighter, more intense. She squinted into the distance and gasped softly.

There, amidst the countless lotuses, one flower stood out—its petals a pure, radiant white, glowing with a radiant light that eclipsed all the others.

Yuan smiled and glided the boat toward the glowing white lotus.

Zhang Yumin reached out, her hand trembling slightly as she hovered over the flower. "It's perfect," she whispered, feeling the power radiating from it.

"This… this could take my cultivation to the next level."

Yuan nodded, his eyes soft with affection as he watched her and Zhang Fumin gently took the flower in her palm.

"This is the flower."

She stored it in her storage ring and smiled proudly "I can refine it into a pill later and increase my cultivation."

Looking at her joy, Yuan got quite curious and asked "Why are you thirsty for power?"

Hm? Zhang Fumin showed a smug smile and questioned, "So, now you are curious about me?"

With a nod, Yuan asked "Yeah, I am... I am worried about my Big sister and i want to know more about her."

Hearing this, Zhang Fumin giggled "Hm... You have learned to speak very well and also show emotions. Good, little brother."

"Well, as for why I want to increase my cultivation base so quickly."

"I want to bully a woman."

Yuan was quite confused and tilted his head "Hm?"

Letting out a sigh, Zhang Fumin continued "Well, you see... my Father is the King of a Xiangli Kingdom. And I am the daughter of his fifth wife."

Yuan was quite surprised and asked "Oh, so you are princess."

Zhang Fumin smiled dryly "You can say that... well, my mother is dead, technically speaking, she was killed by the first wife of my Father, the Royal Queen."

"And my father also didn't bat an eye about that because he loved her first wife the most."

She leaned back on the boat comfortably and spoke "I wanted to take my revenge, but I am not powerful enough to kill the Royal Queen."

"So... I just thought of bullying her daughter in the upcoming tournament in the Kingdom."

"But, while I was cultivating... some guys suddenly attacked and I am pretty sure, it was that bitch... so I escaped from them and ran to the snowy mountain."

"And then I saw a man who came and killed those mobs at the price that I needed to teach him emotions."

"That man is my little brother, Yuan." she ended with a giggle.

Yuan nodded his head and spoke with a soft smile "I can help you get your revenge."

However, Zhang Fumin shook her head "No... I want to get my revenge with my own power. Hehe."

Smiling, Yuan nodded his head "If you say so..."

Looking at his smile, Zhang Fumin was pleasantly surprised, as he was getting more humane and was showing a lot of emotions.

'He has matured...' she was proud in her heart, looking at her little brother.

But then she remembered something and asked "By the way, Little Brother... you never talked about yourself. Where are you from? Who are your parents? Siblings? Relatives?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan replied "I don't have any parents. I am not from anywhere... No siblings or relatives."

"I only have a Big sister and it's you."

Zhang Fumin realized and spoke in a sad tone "You lost your parents?"

Yuan shook his head "No, I don't have any parents. I was born because I desired to learn more about these human emotions and feel them."

EH? Zhang Fumin was dumbfounded and blinked her eyes "How can you be born without parents? Wait, you lost your memories, right?"

Yuan shook his head "No, I remember everything."

-_- Zhang Fumin felt her head getting boiled the more she thought about that and let out a sigh, "Leave that..."

"Tomorrow morning, we need to go to the pill shop to buy a cauldron and some more herbs to refine the pill."

Yuan nodded his head "Okay..."

...

A few more days passed-

A carriage was going through the gates of the Xiangli Empire and inside the carriage, Zhang Fumin and Yuan were seated.

Looking out through the window, she uttered "It's been a while since I came here and it feels weird."

She then glanced at Yuan and casually wrapped her hand around his shoulder "The tournament is in 5 days and I can take you around some places here, Little Brother."

Yuan nodded his head with a smile and soon, after reaching a street, they got down from the carriage.

"Yuan, we can eat something here and after that, we can go to my house."

As she spoke, she sighed in her heart 'I hope she is okay...'

They quickly walked to an inn that looked quite normal and there were no customers around there at that time.

Both of them walked in and there was no one to greet them "Aunty Shen!"

Calling out a name, Zhang Fumin walked in and at this time, from the kitchen, a middle-aged woman came out.

As her gaze fell on Zhang Fumin, she smiled happily "Fumin, it's been some weeks since I last saw you. How are you?"

Zhang Fumin nodded her head with a smile "Yes, Aunty Shen... I was out of the Empire for a while. And your store... Is no one coming here now?"

The woman let out a sigh "They come sometimes... but the customers have decreased a lot."

The woman's gaze then fell on Yuan who was standing beside her and she asked "Hoh, you went to another kingdom and found a man for you?"

Zhang Fumin giggled and shook her head "No, Aunt Shen.. He is my Little brother."

The woman just rolled her eyes "Yeah, sure... I believe."

Zhang Fumin smiled wryly and spoke as she moved towards a table "Aunt Shen, we are hungry... Bring us some food."

The woman nodded her head and turned to leave, but suddenly she stopped as she remembered something "By the way, Fumin... you should go and see Xia."

"She borrowed some money from me for two months for the rent of your house. But she didn't come this month... I wonder what happened?"

Zhang Fumin was taken aback upon hearing this and the woman continued "That landlord already has resentments towards you."

"So you first go and check on her."

Zhang Fumin hurriedly nodded and turned to Yuan "Little Brother, Come on.. Hurry... we need to go to my house."

She dashed out the inn and rushed towards the house. Yuan also followed her and on his way he asked "Who is that..."

"I will tell you later when we reach there."

Within a few minutes, they reached the area where normal people live and rushed towards a specific house in the midst of it.

As they reached closer, they suddenly heard a loud scream of a woman "Arghhhh!!! Let me goooo!! I-It hurts...."

Zhang Fumin's heart sank upon hearing the scream and a mutter escaped her lips "Xia?"

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