"Ma li ma li hong! You evil spirit, take this!"
Xie Ming opened his eyes and heard those words. He jumped up and quickly formed a hand seal. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the voice coming from the television in front of him. Embarrassed, he stopped his hand seals, picked up the remote, and turned off the television.
He sat back down on the sofa, closed his eyes and began searching his memory. Soon he opened his eyes, his face turning ashen.
He quickly stood up and vanished from the living room, his figure instantly appearing in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. He stood there, his gaze coldly fixed on the scene before him.
Several delinquent teenagers with brightly colored hair and outlandish clothes were punching and kicking an elderly scavenger. The scavenger curled up on the ground, helplessly clutching his head and groaning in pain. The teenagers, meanwhile, were hurling insults and laughing cruelly, as if enjoying a violent feast.
An uncontrollable rage surged within Xie Ming. He closed his eyes, formed hand seals, and silently chanted a spell.
A moment later, he opened his eyes, and a powerful force surged from his body. He stretched his hand into the air, and time seemed to freeze. Several illusory figures slowly floated out from above the heads of the teenagers, drifting aimlessly in the air, bewildered and without a place to land.
Xie Ming swayed inside, reaching out with both hands to grab at the air. Several souls instantly huddled together, their shrill screams piercing the old glass of the factory.
Clenching his hands, the mass of souls shrank considerably, the huddled souls unable to howl in agony. Seeing that the mass of souls was about to dissipate, Xie Ming cast a few more Soul-Gathering Incantations, then tossed them all into the Beast Realm of another world.
Then, he casually pulled over the pure souls who couldn't be reincarnated and stuffed them into the bodies of a few thugs. The operation was swift and decisive, completed in the blink of an eye.
But the small world trembled, clearly reacting negatively to Xie Ming's actions. He frowned and drew a wisp of rule power from his own origin to lend to the Little Heavenly Dao, letting it learn.
The incomplete laws governing this world have attracted the attention of other higher planes, turning it into a "dumping ground" for many worlds.
They dug a channel and kept dumping "excrement" into this area, causing the creatures here to gradually become dark and evil.
The small world is now polluted, and the underworld can no longer function properly.
Just capturing a few pure souls from another world caused the small world to shake violently, clearly indicating that the problem has become too serious to ignore.
Having no memory of his past life, he naturally didn't know the strangeness of this world. The primordial spirit that was separated to guard the Heavenly Dao could only protect his safety and couldn't do anything else.
Returning this time in his prime, he naturally knew what the problem was.
When the First Ancestor sent him here, it was not only to nurture his soul, but also to allow him to experience the lives of all beings.
To put it bluntly, these small worlds, having been protected by him, can almost be considered his private property.
He had to take good care of things now that he had them; he couldn't let everything he had gained be lost.
After dealing with the debris, he turned around and saw the old man with a bruised and swollen face on the ground. He quickly treated his injuries and altered the memories of everyone in the factory before returning to the original living room.
Back in his cramped rented room, Xie Ming sat on the sofa before he began to reflect on the world around him.
He's practically a conman here, though you can't really say that, because he never considered himself a conman; it's just that outsiders don't know his worth.
The reason goes back to his childhood, when he lived in the countryside with his grandmother.
Grandma likes to burn incense and worship gods. She especially admires capable people and enjoys listening to advice from wise people.
After Xie Ming was born, they took him everywhere to have his fortune told. Everyone who met him said that his destiny was unique and that he would surely become a great figure in the future. Becoming an official would be a piece of cake for him.
After hearing those "divine predictions," Grandma happily offered sacrifices and doted on her grandson like a treasure.
When Xie Ming grew up, he learned about his "unusual" nature from his grandmother, so he searched everywhere for opportunities, completely disdaining things like studying or becoming an official!
When he was seven years old, he met an old beggar who carried seven or eight secret manuals. The old beggar told him that he had extraordinary physique and must be a genius in cultivation.
After years of searching, Xie Ming was overjoyed to finally find someone who knew his stuff willing to sell him a cultivation manual.
Finally, he offered all his pocket money, totaling 7.6 yuan, in exchange for 8 peerless secret manuals from the old beggar.
From then on, he focused on cultivation and had no interest in reading or writing. His grandmother, seeing that he was interested, sent him to the Taoist temple to study with the old master.
After completing his apprenticeship, Xie Ming used his skills to work as a "middle-aged and elderly information collection clerk," commonly known as a "fortune teller."
Over the years, he had been pursuing the Great Way, with no interest in anything else. It wasn't until he was middle-aged that his grandmother realized she had raised him astray, and she was filled with regret. But his character was already set, and there was nothing she could do. In the end, she also passed away in sorrow.
Xie Ming later realized that cultivation was not such a simple matter, and began to consider what to do in the future. After thinking it over, he decided to take on a disciple to inherit his mantle.
His apprentice was an unwanted child named Miao Yan, who was very beautiful, intelligent, and well-behaved.
After taking on a disciple, Xie Ming used all the money he earned from working, except for normal expenses, to train Miao Yan.
Now, in his sixties, he still lives in a cramped rented room. As for Miao Yan, she is about to graduate and will find a job she likes.
Originally, his apprentice had made something of himself, and he could have done odd jobs and lived a pretty good life.
Unfortunately, he encountered an ingrate who not only failed to bring warmth to his old age but also plunged him into despair.
Although Miao Yan was called his apprentice, Xie Ming actually treated her like his own daughter. As he got older, he understood that his life was probably just like that.
Xie Ming never married or had children because of his "spiritual cultivation." He thought about getting married when he was over 40, but he had no money, no house, and no job. Who would marry him and have children?
Even if someone is willing to live with him, it's only to use his labor to help raise his children.
It's not that he doesn't want to adopt a son or daughter, but his conditions simply don't meet the requirements, so he has to settle for second best.
Miao Yan would also practice boxing and qigong with him in her daily life... After all, they needed to have a legitimate reason for learning from him. In this way, the master and disciple lived peacefully for more than 10 years.
After entering university, Miao Yan earned all her tuition and living expenses in half a semester just by relying on her face.
She never mentioned those things to Xie Ming, and she always asked for money without hesitation.
When she was about to graduate from college, she signed up for a variety show and was selected as a non-celebrity guest because of her outstanding appearance.
The show featured many beautiful women, but Miao Yan stood out from the crowd, firmly becoming the number one beauty on the variety show.
Her pure and innocent eyes and sweet smile deeply touched the young men in front of the screen.
They frantically fawned over her on their phones, computers, and TVs, clamoring to be her sugar daddy.
On the show, this innocent, kind, and pure girl turned pale when the host asked about her family.
Those unaware of the situation immediately turned on their 24k searchlights, looking for clues about the harm done to Miao Yan from all angles.
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