In the frigid lands, after my exile, I began to slay demons and monsters.

Chapter 81 Do you think I'm stupid?

Seeing Tianwei's youthful face again, Ning Xiaoxi couldn't help but sigh, "Heaven has truly been kind to him!"

"Ning Xiaoxi greets Lord Tianwei."

"Don't be so polite with me. Tianyou has been praising you highly, and Tianji has been asking for favors for you in front of the Pavilion Master. Tianjie is also trying to poach you, but unfortunately, Tianji just won't take the bait." Tianwei rested her chin on her hand, looking at the little girl in front of her. "You look so thin and small, but I didn't expect you to be so popular."

"Hehe, you're joking, sir." Ning Xiaoxi smiled and squinted her eyes. "It was just a few small favors I did for you by chance. It's not worth you valuing it so much."

"What happened last night was out of courtesy, so I hope you don't hold a grudge against me."

Ning Xiaoxi was taken aback. "What is it you're talking about, sir?"

Tian smiled and said leisurely, "Changqing will continue to escort you to the border of Youzhou. The King of Youzhou is an unconventional person. If you enter his territory, it's always best to keep a low profile."

"Thank you for your guidance, sir." Ning Xiaoxi bowed respectfully to Tian Wei.

“Tianji and I have different philosophies, so I won’t poach anyone who has joined his sect.” Tian leaned forward slightly. “As for who will win in the end, that’s up to fate!” The smile on his lips widened, and a strange smile appeared on his face. “Or, you could add another stake, and we could have a three-way standoff. That would be interesting!”

Ning Xiaoxi froze. Damn it, why are you telling a little girl like her all this? A three-legged standoff? She's a two-legged person.

It wasn't until Ning Ziqing drove the carriage out of the city gate of Bingyuan Prefecture that Ning Xiaoxi felt a cold sweat running down her back. Thinking of Tian Wei's ambiguous smile, she felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't help but shiver.

Fortunately, her parents had set off with Brother Chang early in the morning and didn't wait for her here, otherwise they would have been worried if they saw her like this.

【Xiao Xi!】

Tuanzi, who hadn't appeared for many days, sat upright opposite Ning Xiaoxi.

【What's wrong?】

[You really think that just because the system told you to shut down, I wouldn't know what happened? Systems always fix vulnerabilities!]

Ning Xiaoxi's face darkened.

They were my former hosts, and their souls bear my mark. If I don't want them to know of your existence, they have no way of contacting you.

What does this mean?

【Xiao Xi, you must remember, your mission is to slay demons and monsters, to eliminate the evil spirits from the continent, so that humanity can establish itself and become the true rulers of the land. From the moment the Human King was born, this world was destined to have no space for demons to survive.】

Ning Xiaoxi was a little uncomfortable with Tuanzi's serious and earnest demeanor.

"Isn't this what I've been doing all along? Have I ever slacked off along the way?" Ning Xiaoxi clutched her chest, the heart on the fountain beating slowly and powerfully, streams of azure spiritual energy surging out and merging into her spiritual veins.

"Xiao Xi, the reason they failed was because they developed their own ideas, forcing me to abandon them. Nine hundred years have passed; there's no second chance. You are my last chance." The little dumpling said earnestly, "Before, I thought choosing the clever ones was acceptable, and I thought choosing the powerful ones was acceptable, but the clever and powerful ones all developed their own ideas and treated me as a tool. I was meant to be a tool, but they shouldn't have wanted humans, demons, and monsters to coexist. This is forbidden by Heaven."

Ning Xiaoxi held the jade cabbage in her hand, stroking it gently. The warm, smooth touch calmed her heart. [Why are you telling me all this?]

They have spent hundreds of years putting their ideas into practice. We must hurry, otherwise, before a thousand years have passed, the world will restart, and your parents and brother will perish with the world, a perish that will never be reincarnated.

Ning Xiaoxi paused, her thumb tracing the patterns on the jade cabbage, a ripple of emotion stirring within her. [My parents and brothers?]

Whether it's the original world, the current world, or any other world that might exist.

"You're shameless!" Ning Xiaoxi couldn't help but shout. She might want to be a lazy bum and didn't have any ambitions, and even if she didn't show any concern for her parents and family from her original world, it didn't mean she didn't care!

"Xiaoxi, what's wrong?" Ning Ziqing quickly pulled back the carriage curtain and looked at her sister's angry face.

"It's nothing." Ning Xiaoxi forced an angry smile. "I'm fine, brother, you can continue driving."

Ning Ziqing looked at her sister's distorted smile with concern, clenched her fist, and nodded heavily, "Okay."

Ning Xiaoxi took a deep breath. [I understand.]

Tuanzi's figure faded away. [Xiaoxi, I've used far more drastic methods before; even the annihilation of his entire clan couldn't solidify his resolve to slay demons. What I'm saying now isn't a threat, but something that will actually happen. That's why I'm being honest with you today: as long as we complete the mission, whatever the methods, as long as it's effective, that's enough.]

"But I'm still so weak, how can I fight them?" Ning Xiaoxi gripped the jade cabbage tightly, the azure spiritual energy continuously surging into her spiritual meridians, her eyes gradually hardening. "That's right, why fight them? Whether they are demons or monsters, just kill them!"

Ning Xiaoxi lay back in the car, muttering, "Do you all think I'm stupid? You think I'll believe everything you say?"

"Xiao Xi?" Ning Ziqing's voice came from outside.

"Brother, I'm a little tired, I need to sleep for a while."

"Okay, then you go to sleep, I'll rush a little slower."

Ning Xiaoxi had a good sleep. When she woke up, the sky had already darkened, with low-hanging clouds, as if it were going to rain? No, it was going to snow. Her newly awakened spiritual sense allowed her to perceive changes in the weather.

"Brother, hurry up and tell Brother Chang that it's going to snow soon!"

Upon hearing Ning Xiaoxi's warning, Chang Qing urged Yin Biao to quickly find a place to camp, as rain and snow were the most troublesome weather conditions on the journey. Fortunately, Yin Biao was familiar with the terrain and soon led the team to the edge of a grove of trees, with a small river meandering through it.

The group quickly set up their tents at the edge of the woods and then began collecting firewood in the forest.

At this moment, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Scattered snowflakes swirled down silently, gradually covering the ground with a white blanket.

"It's already April, and it's still snowing?" Ming Luoying looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside the tent and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"That's how it is in the north. The weather is colder than in the capital. In Youzhou, it will be even colder than here. In some places, it will snow as late as May." Ning Shi had read some travelogues, but he didn't know the specifics.

Ning Ziqing brought in some tree branches and handed them to Ning Shi to quickly start a fire. "I'll go and break off some more tree trunks for later use. I don't know how long this snow will last, so I'd better prepare more firewood."

"Brother, I'll go with you."

Ning Xiaoxi jumped up, wanting to follow. Ming Luoying grabbed her arm, saying, "Xiaoxi, don't join in the fun. The snow outside is getting heavy. Girls shouldn't get cold."

Ning Ziqing smiled and quickly walked out of the tent.

Ning Xiaoxi watched her brother's figure disappear quickly; all she really wanted to do was go out and play in the snow.