"She has a request for you? Little brother, tell me the truth, you don't have any kind of relationship with her, do you?" Chu Ling Er's eyes suddenly showed a hint of nervousness.
"Huh?" Chu Hao seemed to see through Chu Ling Er's thoughts, glaring. "Sister, are you worried I might become her companion?"
"Nonsense! I'm genuinely worried."
As if her hidden thoughts were exposed, Chu Ling Er's face flushed, and she cleared her throat.
"Furthermore..." Chu Ling Er paused, an indescribable taste in her heart. "If you truly could be together with her, it would also be a good thing. Liu Ji Ya, both in looks and family background, is top-tier in Jade City. It's just..."
Chu Ling Er suddenly stopped.
Liu Ji Ya stood so high that Chu Hao would find it difficult to reach her. Not to mention that the Liu family was a prominent family in Jade City with a complex background. If Chu Hao became entangled with them, his safety might not be guaranteed.
Moreover, Liu Ji Ya herself was the object of pursuit for countless young talents. If Chu Hao could now stand beside Liu Ji Ya, in that position coveted by so many, Chu Ling Er wasn't sure how long he would remain safe.
However, saying this directly seemed too cruel to Chu Hao.
Nevertheless, he continued speaking calmly.
"It's just that we're not a match, right? Sister, are you thinking of father and mother?"
"Father and mother have been gone for so long, I can't help but worry a little." Chu Ling Er's mood sank.
Indeed, she was thinking of her father, Chu Changfeng, and her mother, Li Qingyun. They had faced strong opposition from the Li family because their marriage was not a good match, and later many more troubling things occurred.
And Chu Hao and Liu Ji Ya, wouldn't they also be in a similar extreme situation?
"Sister, rest assured, there is nothing between Liu Ji Ya and me. I told you, I met an insightful cultivator who took me as a disciple, and Liu Ji Ya, in fact, also has a request for the cultivator who helped me. So for now, Liu Ji Ya and I have a cooperative relationship. I will not fall for her, and I certainly will not be together with her."
Chu Hao's words were half-truth, half-fiction. The part about the mysterious cultivator was false, but not being together with Liu Ji Ya was true.
Hearing Chu Hao's words, Chu Ling Er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"As for father and mother, sister, you don't need to worry. I think it's possible that the Li family is only holding them captive. After all, our mother has the Li family's blood flowing in her veins; their lives won't be in danger."
At this point, Chu Hao's voice changed.
"My current strength is not yet sufficient, so I can only endure for now, focusing on increasing my power. When the time is ripe, I will bring you to the Li family and reclaim our parents."
"If our parents truly met with an accident, I will not spare the Li family. I will ensure every single person in the Li family has their souls annihilated, for generations and generations, never to reincarnate!"
Every word of that sentence was like a blade or a sword. When it resonated, it carried a rampant killing intent, a bloody desire for slaughter, filling the entire space.
Chu Hao was not joking!
More precisely, this was his true face.
The legendary Heavenly Venerate Chu Hao, from many years ago, had countless bones scattered on the path beneath his feet, and countless times he had slain so many that corpses piled into mountains, and blood filled ponds. The path of a Heavenly Venerate was precisely this brutal.
Any powerhouse, all of them, advanced through slaughter.
Even the Liu family ancestor, in the beginning, must have stained his hands with countless blood to make the Liu family a great family in Jade City.
The essence of a cultivator, of survival, was struggle!
In this cultivator world, it was common for entire families to be annihilated due to hatred, witnessed far too many times to count.
And Chu Hao had his principles. As long as his bottom line wasn't touched, he could easily forgive. Only when his bottom line was touched would he unleash his wrath.
Chu Ling Er, Chu Changfeng, and Li Qingyun were his bottom line. For they were his family in this life.
In his first awakening, Chu Hao accepted being crippled and humiliated. Perhaps he didn't care and endured it. But when he engaged in a life-and-death battle with Wen Bing, it was because Wen Bing had set up a trap for Chu Ling Er, touching his bottom line.
The bottom line, it cannot be violated.
Violators will be killed without mercy!
"Sister, this Creation Art cultivation technique is something I sought from that senior. Your current cultivation technique is too ordinary. You can switch to cultivating this Creation Art."
The Creation Art was a Profound-tier Peerless-grade cultivation technique. Of course, if Chu Hao wished, he could even bring out Divine-tier cultivation techniques, but it wouldn't be useful at this moment.
Once Chu Ling Er's cultivation improved later, he would naturally bring out higher-tier cultivation techniques.
Besides, if he brought out a Divine-tier cultivation technique, how would he explain it?
The secret of his transmigration could only be kept in his heart. Otherwise, once it spread, not only he, but even those close to him, would face great disaster.
"Little brother, you..."
"Sister, you don't need to say more, and certainly don't thank me. Since childhood, you have been the best person to me. Even when I was poisoned, you never abandoned me. A cultivation technique is nothing."
Chu Hao's expression was exceedingly sincere. "With this cultivation technique, the prodigies of Jade City are nothing. You will surpass them sooner or later."
This was Chu Hao's confidence. With his nurturing and support, in the future, even the Yunmeng Nation would merely be a starting point for Chu Ling Er.