"Grandpa, Father, you are so amazing." Ji Xiaoxiao took a deep breath. As a former veteran actress, she was charming and youthful, always ready to come when called.

Xie Li and Xie Fengfei exchanged a glance, quickly put down their weapons, and rushed to Ji Xiaoxiao's side, looking her over from left to right, fearing that something might have happened to her.

"Meimei, are you alright?" Xie Li, tall and slender, grabbed Ji Xiaoxiao by the collar and easily lifted her up. The old man and the young girl stared at each other blankly.

Ji Xiaoxiao shook her head. Xie Li didn't put her down, and Xie Fengfei pulled her over. "Meimei, are you really alright?"

Xie Fengfei looked around. Oh dear, there were outsiders present! No wonder Little Darling hesitated to speak; she was shy!

After everyone had left, Xie Fengfei said, "Meimei, now that there are no outsiders here, tell your father what's wrong with you? Why did you come to the training ground so early in the morning?"

What do you mean by being so depressed? Tell me, just say it!

Ji Xiaoxiao was speechless. She stretched out her finger and poked Xie Fengfei's hard chest.

"My daughter wants to become stronger so she can protect her father, mother, and grandfather." This was the original owner's true feeling.

Upon hearing this, the two grown men's eyes immediately welled up with tears. The pride of seeing their daughter grow up was something they felt deeply at that moment, and no amount of words could express even a fraction of their emotions.

"Good, good, good, as expected of the daughter of the Xie family."

The two men, visibly agitated and covered in sweat, tightly embraced Ji Xiaoxiao.

By breakfast time, Ji Xiaoxiao hadn't mastered her kung fu yet, and her feet were practically glued to the ground. Her face, which looked like it had just cracked open, was rubbed raw and turned a bright red, like an apple. Seeing and smelling the delicious aroma, Xie Fengfei and Xie Li acted on impulse and took a bite out of Ji Xiaoxiao's face.

Situ Sisi walked into the main hall. Ji Xiaoxiao seemed to have found a lifeline and cried out for help, "Mother, Mother, save me! Your daughter is being killed!"

Thanks to her mother's help, Ji Xiaoxiao escaped the clutches of evil and was able to see the light of day again. She patted her chest, nearly suffocating and dying. Thank goodness!

"call……."

Letting out a long sigh, Ji Xiaoxiao realized she hadn't been able to go out for the past few days.

"You guys are really something." A girl's face is the most delicate and important thing, and being tortured by two grown men, Situ Sisi couldn't help but complain.

Xie Li and Xie Fengfei were somewhat embarrassed, and buried their heads in their food. Situ Sisi, feeling sorry for Ji Xiaoxiao, swiftly ate with her chopsticks, filling Ji Xiaoxiao's bowl with food. Ji Xiaoxiao was covered in sweat; she couldn't refuse a gift from an elder, so she resigned herself to swallowing it all.

After breakfast, Ji Xiaoxiao was unable to move.

After resting until noon, Ji Xiaoxiao was dragged away by Xie Li to cultivate.

The training ground wasn't the practice courtyard in the Xie family mansion, but a secret chamber beneath the study in the main residence. After climbing a staircase sloping downwards at a 30-40 degree angle, the secret chamber came into view. The underground chamber was an inverted semicircle, nearly two hundred meters in diameter. The walls were inlaid with fist-sized luminous pearls, circling upwards in concentric rings. Despite the darkness, the light was soft and bright, like daytime.

In the center of the secret room, Xie Li and Ji Xiaoxiao stood face to face.

"Meimei, are you sure? The path of cultivation is unimaginably arduous." Xie Li's kind expression turned solemn, and his deep voice was enough to frighten a child to tears.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. No pain, no gain. Ji Xiaoxiao understands this principle well.

"Okay, from today onwards, come here every day at noon, and Grandpa will teach you step by step."

Xie Li threw Ji Xiaoxiao onto the field, deliberately suppressing his cultivation level. The two exchanged blows, punches and kicks, and Ji Xiaoxiao's body ached terribly the next morning. Cultivation requires perseverance, and Ji Xiaoxiao still went to the secret chamber at noon.

And so, a month passed.

Under the guidance of a quasi-god, Ji Xiaoxiao successfully advanced to the Martial King level.

A fifteen-year-old Martial King? What a ridiculous joke! If word got out, people would burst out laughing. Even the Ming Dynasty's peerless genius, the sixth prince Situ Feng, was only a second-tier Spirit King at eighteen.

Seven days later, with the help of a great many rare and precious materials, Ji Xiaoxiao consolidated her cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the First-Order Martial King.

"We're resting today, no more cultivation." Xie Meimei is the only child in the third generation of the Xie family, and Xie Li loves her to the core, cherishing her like the apple of his eye.

Ji Xiaoxiao had no objections. She had someone bring over a chaise lounge, lay down under the big tree, and enjoyed the gentle breeze. Comfortable and relaxed, she drifted off to sleep, her eyes half-open and half-closed.

Ji Xiaoxiao cherishes her rare moments of leisure, but there are always some people who can't stand to see her doing well and will throw a tantrum to ruin her plans.

“Miss, the Sixth Prince has arrived.” Dali whispered in Ji Xiaoxiao’s ear, paused, and said, “The Sixth Prince is accompanied by a woman who is exceptionally beautiful and has considerable cultivation.”

Ji Xiaoxiao opened her eyes with a whoosh, her hazy sleepiness instantly turning her back to the past.