The room was lit only by faint light, but Jiang Chen's eyes could see clearly in the darkness.
At this moment, Hu Liena had finished her cultivation and was asleep on the bed.
She was lying on her side facing inward, legs curled up, making her round curves even more prominent. There was a hole in the back of her pink hot pants, and a fluffy, large tail emerged from it, passing between her legs, wrapping around to her front, where she held it in her arms.
Her delicate brows were tightly furrowed, and her body trembled slightly, as if she were having a terrifying nightmare.
"She looks so pitiful." Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel sympathy.
He guessed that Hu Liena had probably only recently come out of that death camp and still couldn't escape the cruel experiences from inside.
"Was that death camp really that terrifying?" Jiang Chen's heart grew somewhat heavy.
Killing, he had never killed before, but from the moment he arrived in this world, he had already prepared himself for it. In a world like this, it was very hard to survive without killing.
So when he heard about the cruelty of that death camp, he wasn't particularly concerned; unless he encountered something that completely restrained him or his existence was utterly erased, it would be very difficult to kill him.
He didn't go wake Hu Liena. After dealing with his matters, he went back outside to cultivate again.
For nightmares like Hu Liena's, he believed that after some days passed, they would gradually fade away.
...
In the early morning, when Jiang Chen returned to the room, Hu Liena was already up.
"Little Chen, you're really amazing, cultivating the whole night." Hu Liena said enviously.
Meditation cultivation consumed mental power. Those with strong mental power could cultivate longer, while those with weaker mental power needed to rest and recover after a period of cultivation.
She had never seen someone like Jiang Chen, who at only six years old could cultivate an entire night.
"My martial soul is suited for cultivation under moonlight, so I don't feel tired when cultivating." Jiang Chen explained.
"I know about this; it's called martial soul mimicry cultivation, which greatly increases the cultivation effect." Hu Liena said very enviously.
"Little junior brother, you will definitely become an extremely powerful person in the future." She said with certainty.
"Uh, well, my goal is level one hundred."
Hu Liena rolled her eyes at him. "Level one hundred? The teacher said that level one hundred is just a legend; there hasn't been one in over a thousand years."
Jiang Chen touched his nose. Level one hundred really was very difficult. Even for geniuses, accepting a divine inheritance was a nine-deaths-and-one-life situation.
Without a divine inheritance, it was even harder. Even that monstrous Tang Chen, without receiving any inheritance, had forcibly hammered his cultivation to level ninety-nine, creating a miracle, but in the end, he was stuck at level ninety-nine and couldn't advance an inch.
Although it was very difficult, Jiang Chen knew his advantage was having the system; he might not be unable to create a miracle.
While he was thinking, Hu Liena suddenly moved closer, her seductive face almost pressing against Jiang Chen's.
"Little junior brother, do you think Senior Sister is pretty?"
Jiang Chen retreated several steps and awkwardly nodded. "Pretty, Senior Sister is very pretty."
"Then why do you seem completely unaffected by my charm?"
"Uh… actually, my willpower is quite strong."
"Is that so?" Hu Liena's eyes turned. "Then can you help Senior Sister with my cultivation?"
"Of course." Jiang Chen answered readily. "How do I help you cultivate?"
"Very simple, starting from now, every day, Senior Sister will use you to test whether my charm has increased." Hu Liena said with a charming laugh, as if her scheme had succeeded. She immediately released her martial soul and struck a seductive pose.
"Oh my god." Jiang Chen's expression changed drastically. With a movement of his feet, he dashed out of the room, but Hu Liena grabbed him and pulled him back.
"Senior Sister, no…" Jiang Chen's miserable cry rang out.
...
...
At noon during lunch, Jiang Chen looked listless, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.
Hu Liena was too much; she actually used him as an experiment, trying to figure out how to maximize her charm.
Although Jiang Chen's body was only six years old, his soul had suffered greatly.
If this continued, he suspected it might affect his future physical and mental development.
Fortunately, Hu Liena would be going to the Spirit Hall Academy in a few days. Thinking of this, his expression improved somewhat.
"Little junior brother, you're really something. Many people in the past couldn't free themselves from Senior Sister's charm and let me do whatever I wanted, but you always managed to break free quickly. I even suspect you're actually a girl?"
As she spoke, Hu Liena's gaze moved downward, looking at the area below Jiang Chen with an eager-to-try expression.
Jiang Chen even saw a desire for conquest in her eyes.
Jiang Chen's heart trembled. He dropped his bowl and chopsticks and rushed out, afraid that if he was even a little slower, something terrible would happen—if Hu Liena decided to "verify" him…
"I'm going to cultivate with that sister." He shouted back over his shoulder.
Hu Liena pursed her lips and snorted. "I refuse to believe there's anyone who can resist my temptation…"
...
This time, Jiang Chen didn't get lost again and smoothly arrived at the training field once more.
The training field was empty; Qian Renxue was not there.
"She might be eating." Jiang Chen thought to himself. It was only noon now.
Since Qian Renxue wasn't there, he first sat down in a small pavilion at the edge of the training field.
After thinking things through yesterday about Qian Renxue's intentions when she hit him, Jiang Chen wasn't so angry anymore. Speaking of which, Qian Renxue was quite pitiful, too.
She hoped to gain her mother's care, but from childhood to now, Bibi Dong had ignored her and treated her with extreme coldness. It was normal for Qian Renxue to feel resentment.
Thinking of this, a sudden idea came to Jiang Chen's mind, perhaps he could use his identity to try to bridge the gap between his mother and daughter, preventing the tragedy of only reconciling after death in the end.
When he read the book in his previous life, Jiang Chen had almost shed tears over this regret. Now the chance to make up for that regret was right in front of him, and he was very willing to try.
However, this would require careful planning. The greatest difficulty was Bibi Dong; if Bibi Dong were willing to take the initiative, things would become much simpler.
But unraveling the knot in Bibi Dong's heart was no easy task.
After thinking for a while without any ideas, Jiang Chen temporarily gave up and simply lay down.
He had just eaten and shouldn't do intense exercise, so he might as well rest first and recover the spirit that Hu Liena had tormented.
Not long after lying down, he drowsily fell asleep.
Half an hour later, Qian Renxue walked in. Seeing the empty training field, she frowned.
She had waited here all morning today but hadn't seen Bibi Dong arrive, which made her even more dissatisfied.
Suddenly, her gaze focused, and she saw Jiang Chen lying in the pavilion.
With light footsteps, her figure flashed, and in a few breaths, she arrived in front of Jiang Chen.
At this moment, the injuries on Jiang Chen's face had already healed. He lay there with his mouth open, a shiny thread of saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth, running down his cheek, and dripping onto the ground, forming a small puddle.