They all became female demons after being reborn.

Chapter 11 Senior Sister's Gift of a Sword

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on Bai Suyi's face faded a bit.

Looking into Wu Cheng's clear eyes, she sighed helplessly, "Not only the people in the manor, but you also need to think about why those guests are all third-rate people who can't be brought to the table."

Wu Cheng shrugged. "Either Master Shen's influence is enough to invite these people, or... he never even considered inviting anyone of any importance."

"He probably wants to do something, but if someone influential comes, he's afraid he won't be able to control them, like Senior Sister Bai."

Wu Cheng winked. "But it's none of my business. I'll just stay one night and then leave."

Something's definitely up in Shenjiazhuang!

However, I still need to meet with the manor owner's daughter tomorrow, and I'll leave after that.

If I refuse in advance, it might cause trouble instead.

"It's a bit too late to try to stay out of this now." Bai Suyi raised her hand to flick his nose, but Wu Cheng dodged it.

Seeing the strange look in Wu Cheng's eyes, she pursed her lips and withdrew her hand before continuing casually, "Do you know why he's targeting you?"

Wu Cheng tilted his head. "Because I'm quite wealthy?"

Bai Suying rolled her eyes dramatically. "Not entirely. Although you are handsome, dashing, and gentle, junior brother, he actually used you as a scapegoat."

Wu Cheng rubbed his chin, his gaze toward Bai Suyi growing increasingly strange.

Handsome and dashing? Elegant and charming? Gentle and considerate?

Although what she said was an indisputable fact, why did it taste so strange?

Am I really that familiar with her? Today is the first time we've met.

And what kind of look was that? Pity?

What are you pitying?!

"Why do you look at me like that, junior brother?"

"Senior Sister Bai, have you heard my story?"

Bai Suying smiled and avoided the topic, "Junior Brother, do you know what kind of filth is associated with the Shen Family Manor?"

Wu Cheng tilted his head. "Could it be that his family owes a lot of money and can't pay it back, so they're planning to take my place as their son-in-law?"

He knows this trick: change the legal representative of the company at the last minute and make them take the blame.

"Junior brother is indeed incredibly intelligent; though you may not pass, you're not far off." Bai Suyi smiled and patted his shoulder.

Wu Chengqian chuckled twice. "Is 'ice-snow-smart' a description of men?"

Then he cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Bai Suyi said, "This Master Shen is named Shen Tianba. He once gathered a group of people to roam the Mangshan Mountains, robbing and plundering. He has quite a reputation."

"I see. No wonder all his servants know some martial arts." Wu Cheng suddenly realized. "So he's targeting me to divert trouble, and this trouble is related to the reason he retired from the martial arts world, right?"

"Junior brother is really smart." Bai Suyi's starry eyes shone brightly. "He once accidentally obtained some of the treasures in the 'Sun Lang Treasure Vault,' and now a demon from the Demonic Sect's Burial Path knows about this and has set his sights on Shen Family Village."

Wu Chengran said, "I see."

He paused, then asked, "What is Sun Lang's Treasure Vault? And what is the Burial Path?"

Before he awakened to his past life's wisdom, he had been a fool in the palace for sixteen years, completely ignorant of so-called history and martial arts stories.

Bai Suyi said with a smile, "The Sun Lang Treasure Vault is a treasure that Sun Shixiu, the great general of the previous dynasty, amassed a fortune that was more than enough to rival the wealth of a country. There are all sorts of rumors about it in the martial arts world, but no one has ever seen it."

"As for the Burial Path... The Demonic Sect split up decades ago, with the three sects and six paths each taking the lead and fighting each other. The Burial Path was one of them. It advocates burying the heavens, burying the earth, and burying all living beings. They believe that living is only a short stage in a person's life, and death is the real beginning. Therefore, the cultivation method is also related to this."

"That's really extreme..." Wu Cheng clicked his tongue. "I guess Shen Tianba was once connected with the Demonic Sect. Maybe the Demonic Sect sent him to find the Sun Lang Treasure Vault. But after he found it, he got greedy and simply pocketed it. Now they've come knocking on his door."

"Therefore, he needed to find someone to take the blame. Originally, he would have found those third-rate forces to take the blame, so that when the Burial Path attacked, he could take the opportunity to run away with the treasure."

"As it happened, I came here to join in the fun. I was a stranger from out of town, with an impressive appearance and a beautiful maidservant by my side. Anyone who saw me would think that I was the eldest son of some noble family who had secretly run away to travel the world. This kind of naive young man is the easiest to fool."

"If Zang Shengdao kills me then, my clan will not let it go. When the two sides fight, he can use this opportunity to escape."

"Not bad." Bai Suyi nodded with a smile.

That's not actually how she remembers it.

Overall, it's pretty much the same, but Wu Cheng didn't take the blame like that.

She had inquired about how her junior brother had climbed the mountain after he left.

At that time, my junior brother escaped a massacre at Longmen Ferry, but was later chased by Mei Gensheng. He happened to escape to Shenjiazhuang.

Back then, my junior brother looked like a beggar; he's nothing like he is now.

However, the Shen family took in his junior brother, and Shen Tianba treated him extremely well, not only not caring that he was mentally challenged, but even taking him in as his godson.

However, my junior brother somehow escaped when the Shen family was massacred, and later ended up at the Wentian Sect.

After missing Longmen Ferry, she rushed to Shen Family Village at full speed and waited for many days before her junior brother finally arrived.

But what's the deal with that pretty maidservant next to her junior brother? She doesn't remember having such a person by his side.

Could it be that this is where things changed, leading to the eunuch's death at Longmen Ferry? And my junior brother is no longer pretending to be stupid.

Hmm... I need to find that maid and test her. If she was sent by the person behind it all, I'll find a chance to kill her.

Wu Cheng sized up Bai Suying a few times. "Senior Sister Bai, is it possible that the Wentian Sect has also set its sights on Sun Lang's treasure vault?"

Bai Suying shook her head, her bright, starry eyes looking at his familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar face.

Just as Wu Cheng was feeling a little uncomfortable under her gaze, she suddenly took out a sword from behind her back and handed it to him, saying, "Junior brother, this is a gift from your senior sister."

"Thank you so much, Senior Sister!" Wu Cheng accepted the gift with a beaming smile.

As the saying goes, you can't take advantage of every opportunity!

He even omitted the "Bai" in "Senior Sister Bai".

Seeing his smiling face, Bai Suying smiled as well.

After receiving the sword, Wu Cheng couldn't wait to admire it.

The sword was very light, and the scabbard was antique, wrapped in fine sharkskin, and it emitted a faint silver light under the moonlight.

Wu Cheng drew his sword, then froze.

This is a wooden sword.

The sword is three feet two inches long and two fingers wide, and its shape is the simplest straight sword style.

There were no inscriptions or paint on the sword; only a thin layer of tung oil was applied to the surface.

Wu Cheng was overjoyed!

A wooden sword! That's exactly what he wants—a wooden sword!

In the future, when he gets into a fight, if the other person draws a weapon and boasts about it, he will draw a wooden sword and then casually defeat them to their astonishment.

That's so pretentious!

"Thank you so much, senior sister!" This time, the gratitude was heartfelt.

Seeing Wu Cheng holding the wooden sword with obvious delight, Bai Suyi's vision blurred for some reason.

She slowly closed her eyes, and it seemed as if the tree in the backyard of the hill appeared before her again.

This sword was made from the wood of that tree.

When her junior brother asked for a wooden sword, she readily agreed, but then forgot about it and never gave it to him before he left the mountain.

And it was never sent out again...

The first thing she did after her rebirth was not to find out which year she was in, nor to inquire about the movements of the Demonic Sect, nor to report the future situation to her master, but to run barefoot and with disheveled hair to the back mountain.

The tree is still there.

The tree is still there, and so is he.

So she took the wood herself and whittled it all night long, until dawn broke and she had carved out the general shape of a sword.

After five years of honing her skills, she finally achieved this.

"Junior brother..."

She opened her eyes, her starry eyes shining brightly.

"As long as you like it."